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Re:Americans want to delete Instagram more than any other app by slg on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @12:52PM (#35072285)
They are also counting absolute numbers instead of numbers relative to the size of the social network. That means the bigger ones will generally be higher. Instagram seems to be about 5 times the size of Snap but only has roughly 3 times the number of people seeking to leave the platform. That means relatively people are seeking to leave Snap more than Instagram.

Honestly this isn't a very good article and seems to just be blogspam.

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Re:Americans want to delete Instagram more than any other app by hbn on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @02:32PM (#35073653)
I'm currently taking applications for my upcoming invite-only social media platform, which is more successful than Instagram because there is zero search trends for how to deactivate your account on it.
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Re:Americans want to delete Instagram more than any other app by slg on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @03:40PM (#35074438)
I didn't equate this metric with being more successful. In fact, it is closer to the opposite. Instagram is at the top of this list because they are more successful and have more users than several smaller social networks that have higher turnover.
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Re:Americans want to delete Instagram more than any other app by hbn on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:03PM (#35074684)
I was agreeing with you
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Re:Americans want to delete Instagram more than any other app by slg on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @07:54PM (#35076945)
Fair enough, the intent of written sarcasm is hard to read.
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Re:Americans want to delete Instagram more than any other app by mulmen on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:31PM (#35075018)
> That means relatively people are seeking to leave Snap more than Instagram.

Can you even assume intent here? Maybe they are trying to delete the app for some other reason, like trying to save storage space or fix a bug.

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Re:Americans want to delete Instagram more than any other app by jonnycomputer on Thursday March 09, 2023 @08:01AM (#35080751)
This, 100%. This is like saying, white is the number one color of paper people crumple up and throw away. So?
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