User Base Decline

The cluster discusses concerns and speculation about a platform or service experiencing or risking significant user drop-off, exodus, or shrinkage due to recent changes, with debates on impacts to retention, engagement, and business viability.

📉 Falling 0.3x Startups & Business
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Sample Comments

vetinari Aug 30, 2019 View on HN

It's not that they have huge userbase lately, so they could afford to lose it any further.

lewisflude Dec 19, 2012 View on HN

I wonder how significant the dropoff of users will be!

andrewfelix Feb 20, 2014 View on HN

Usage fluctuates. The value is in the users not necessarily the company or the tech. When users start bailing to another platform what's left?

Wowfunhappy Jan 10, 2021 View on HN

Then they will lose users, though.

hvass Mar 22, 2018 View on HN

This article will have merit if it was posted after their next earnings call and there was a percentage decline in users. This is all anecdotal and speculation. Habits are the hardest thing to break. And 50,000 people, even if US-only, are a rounding error for their MAU/DAUs. C'mon, NYT.

croes Jun 4, 2023 View on HN

Investors hate a shrinking user base, so this move can massively backfire.

8n4vidtmkvmk Aug 6, 2025 View on HN

Could be, if you're attracting some users who wanted the new stuff and pushing out other customers who just wanted fast and stable.

speedgoose Sep 6, 2022 View on HN

Users don't always complain, they sometimes simply go away.

yieldcrv Mar 24, 2023 View on HN

“enough people switched away such that it’s no longer a burden, but we also lost a bunch of other users too”

tyteen4a03 Jan 7, 2019 View on HN

I wonder if it is because they are noticing their userbase numbers slipping.