Two phone users, one frowning, and another smirking at what they're reading. (Cartoon by Hilda Bastian.)

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   Hilda Bastian (hildabast@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 19:43:09 JST Hilda Bastian

   17 studies plus advertising data map out Twitter's decline. My latest post @PLOS https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/06/07/17-studies-plus-advertising-data-map-out-twitters-decline/

   I tackled 5 questions that look at decline in quality & quantity from various angles. The answer to all of them was worse than I'd expected.

   As much as a third of Twitter users have either left, or are tweeting less...

   But the far right, hate, & misinfo are booming. Promoted tweets are shifting in worrying directions, too.