Summary
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is experiencing a sharp decline in users and value.
Post-election backlash, misinformation, and toxic content have accelerated user departures, with alternatives like Bluesky gaining traction.
While X saw a temporary spike in traffic on election day, its U.S. daily active users fell 8.4% in October.
Analysts project X will lose 7 million monthly users in the U.S. by 2025. Additionally, X’s brand value has plummeted from $5.7 billion to $673 million since Musk’s 2022 takeover, with revenue dropping 40% year-over-year.
My absolute loathing of Elmo as parent of a former toddler has been mitigated since I’ve discovered the appropriateness of this gif.
Edit: I guess my ambivalence about Twitter failing has angered some Twitter users. To whom I say, “see the above gif.”
I initially read Elmo as Elon Musk, I was confused why you hate Musk specifically as someone who’s kid used to be a toddler.
Nope, actual Sesame Street Elmo. At some point between my childhood and my kid’s, he took over half the fucking show. Literally. Half the show is Elmo walking around in his room, talking at things. I say at because they don’t generally respond since they’re things like a fish and a baby. And he never says anything new. He just says hi to the fish and hi to the baby and hi to Mr./Ms. Noodle, who is a miming person. Actually, Mr. Noodle was the only part I occasionally liked and only because he’s sometimes played by Bill Irwin, who is incredibly good in even the worst things he is in.
I eventually just started showing my daughter old Sesame Street sketches on YouTube because there’s just no comparison in the quality of the way the show used to be and what it’s become. She was much more attentive to the sketches too. Why the hell Sesame Street now thinks a toddler has the attention span to watch Elmo fuck around for 20 minutes is beyond me.