Twitter Traffic Tanking

https://twitter.com/eastdakota/status/1678065025750294532

by mfiguiere • 3 years ago

74 13 3 years ago

meepmorp2• 3 years ago

I wonder what that number looks like over a longer timeframe

There may have been a spike in interest in Twitter around October 2022, when Musk bought it. And this is now coming down to the "usual". But I think it's not just that. Would be curious to see trend from last 24 mo as well.

This is the CEO of Cloudflare BTW. He wouldn't post this as bait for the likes. I believe at the very least he finds this a reasonable and telling trend.

meepmorp2• 3 years ago

Yeah, I recognized the guy's name and know he hangs out here sometimes. Maybe we'll actually find out.

rsynnott• 3 years ago

Apparently not; see https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-2022-year-in-review/ (Social Media Services section)

kelseyfrog• 3 years ago

Dropping from 32nd to 40th in rank downplays the impact when website traffic is most likely Pareto-distributed.

3cats-in-a-coat3• 3 years ago

Well, treat it as another data point. The biggest issue Twitter is facing yet is the fact it's losing billions a year and no solution in sight to mitigate those losses.

toyg• 3 years ago

Well, mission accomplished, no? Wasn't the point of all the new restrictions, to reduce scraping and so on?

In other words, the operation completed successfully, and the patient is dying.

SebJansen• 3 years ago

mission failed successfully

you are being saved, please do not resist

willcipriano• 3 years ago

Roblox.com is apparently in the top domains

suddenclarity• 3 years ago

Interesting that the source lists 30% of measured traffic to be bots.

nunez• 3 years ago

Hold up; how is nitter back up???

3cats-in-a-coat3• 3 years ago

In part probably because:

1. Twitter is showing individual tweets without login again.

2. It also spills out user profile pages and some other details if you go through the tweet embedding format, but also if you add some headers in requests for normal pages (like declaring you're Googlebot).

The way Twitter's changes are implemented are haphazard and quickly worked around. Not to mention partially reverted after user outcry.

It's all just Elon Musk noise. This is not how you run a company.

archo• 3 years ago

https://archive.is/az4ZN

Twitter Traffic Tanking

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