Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023)
Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/post/494473
Compared against the predominant incumbent social media platforms, the fediverse is very small.
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🤨 when did Reddit overtake Twitter? Reddit used to be a niche destination that you’d barely see it in comparison to the other big name sites.
Reddit got more important once it Google ranked higher and the astroturfs found out, that people trust a review on Reddit inside a thread more, than multi million dollar marketing scam action, trying to game Google algorithm or other sites. The same will sooner or later happen to the fediverse if it ever grows. It's unavoidable, sadly.
Could counteract with some intense verification of personhood I suppose… dig into your network and see if you’re promoting your friends’ products too…
Can’t imagine how to preserve privacy yet eliminate fraud really. Paid reviewers like Consumer Reports? Random sample surveys?
When they started counting all their bot accounts and banned accounts even though they have been replaced by new accounts.
Reminder that reddit recap has shown that even with minimal activity, you'll end up in the top 1% of reddit users for that year. That means at least 99% of reddit, are dead accounts.
What do you mean by "dead accounts"? On any given platform, there's a LOT of lurkers, and they count as active users because they're using the platform. Only a small portion of users comment, and an even smaller portion actually post content.