I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged with non-American IPs running hugely popular accounts and it makes sense, why wouldn't you play both sides when you are paid for attention?

I'm thinking Nikita is falling out with Elon as they both seem to have diverging goals with the platform. Advertisement revenues on X isn't that great and neither are conversions on X so you can't really get consistent payouts that match Youtube. Premium subscriptions don't bring in as much dough as advertising did during Twitter days.

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ceejayoz 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged…

One side has largely left X.

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pseudo0 an hour ago | parent [-]

The stats don't bear that out. Bluesky has been losing momentum since the election, with its DAU dropping from around 3.5 million to under 1.5 million today. For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. Right-wing alternative platforms had similar issues sustaining momentum, despite a much stronger push factor (right-wing people kept getting banned). It's hard to overcome the power of Twitter's network effect.

https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth?t=3m

	▲	ceejayoz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. We're on a thread about widespread fake/inauthentic users on Twitter right now. I see very little reason to trust those numbers.

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SV_BubbleTime 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>I'm thinking Nikita is falling out with Elon

Hmm, interesting insight, what did they each say when you talked to them?