• assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    On the one hand, this doesn’t seem like a lot. But on the other, this is just for June. A lot of people left or drastically cut down their usage at the very end of June, and we’re not seeing this reflected in the data yet.

    Even so, no company wants to say they’ve lost 3% of their customers. With 1.7 billion total, that’s still 51 million people. It’s a notable loss, especially for a company trying to become profitable and have an IPO.

    • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.worldEnglish
      27·
      1 year ago

      I used Apollo right up until it shut down, and I haven’t touched Reddit since. I’m guessing I’m not the only one.

      • richard_wagner@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I was also an enthusiastic Apollo user.

        Other than Lenny, do you replace Reddit with anything else? This thread we’re in now is an exception - there are a lot of posts here. But most threads on Lemmy are pretty empty.

        • justhach@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          Thats why its up to all of us to start participating.

          Protip: If you really want to start a conversation/get engagement, follow Cunningham’s Law:

          the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.

          So, fill those empty posts with confidently incorrect statements and watch that comment section fill up as people rush in to correct you.

          • goforliftoff@lemm.eeEnglish
            5·
            1 year ago

            Actually, Cunningham’s Law says nothing of the sort. If you look at the source material as I have done - and in the original Phoenician, because so much is lost in translation otherwise - you’ll quickly note that Cunningham is really attempting to convey the hopeless sense of man’s search for purpose in a cruel, unforgiving world. While some scholars debate the literal truth to this sentiment as expressed by the author, it is generally thought plausible if not outright likely that these writings followed a catastrophic life event of some sort - the loss of a child or death of a spouse, witnessing the end of a great civilization, a dick pic delivered to the wrong person. While the specifics aren’t known, what we do know about the author is that he would likely be further distraught at the loss of control and ownership experienced with a misattributed “law” on the internet should such a thing even be imaginable.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Even if 3% is a low number, I guarantee that 3% were reddits more active users and content creators.

      If most of the quality content slows to a trickle users will continue to leave and look for more viable platforms.

      • rbhfd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        It’s not 3% of users, it’s 3% of traffic. This could be caused by 0.1% of power users leaving.

    • insomniac@vlemmy.netEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      How many people are less engaged in the internet at the beginning of summer because they’re on vacation or partying? I would think drops like this as the weather improves are pretty normal.

      • Kanzar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Alternatively, people with more time sign up and shitpost. I recall every summer break Redditors would complain. 🫣

    • geissi@feddit.deEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      no company wants to say they’ve lost 3% of their customers

      Reddit doesn’t see users as customers.
      They are the product. A number that you can sell to advertisers and shareholders.

      • jarfil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        No company wants to say they’ve lost 30% of their top development, marketing and QA personnel.

        They can still sell the raw product numbers, for as long as advertisers and shareholders don’t realize the product has turned to shit.

      • galloog1@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        That model started with literal radio. It’s not a new thing. We are the consumers and the advertisers are the customers. It’s kinda like how children are the consumers of toys but the parents are the customers. It actually makes business much harder because you have to keep two groups satisfied. The product is still airtime(radio), and nobody likes ads but they are sharing the space and funding the transmitter.

        Don’t forget to donate to your local independent stations, folks. Radio is not free! Neither is Lemmy.

    • JasSmith@kbin.social
      0·
      1 year ago

      I agree. The real change will be from 1 July onwards since none of us can use our apps anymore.