Postings Can Go Rapid Viral Poem by Terence George Craddock

postings
wide open readerships
can go rapid viral

when internet cast
into social media platforms
into top visited spaces

back in 2021?

Facebook* usa Monthly Active Users: 2.74 Billion
YouTube usa Monthly Active Users: 2 Billion
WhatsApp* usa Monthly Active Users: 2 Billion

Facebook Messenger* usa Monthly Active Users: 1.3 Billion
WeChat china Monthly Active Users: 1.25 Billion
Instagram* usa Monthly Active Users: 1.082 Billion

Kuaishou/ Kwai china Monthly Active Users: 1 Billion
TikTok china Monthly Active Users: 800 Million
QQ china Monthly Active Users: 694 Million

Sina Weibo/ Weibo china Monthly Active Users: 566 Million
Qzone china Monthly Active Users: 517 Million
Snapchat usa Monthly Active Users: 500 Million

Pinterest usa Monthly Active Users: 454 Million
Reddit usa Monthly Active Users: 430 Million
Twitter usa Monthly Active Users: 353 Million

but hey folks things change
a quick look across time
just a mere two years later data ending July 2023

Facebook* usa Monthly Active Users: 3.030 Billion
YouTube usa Monthly Active Users: 2.562 Billion
WhatsApp* usa Monthly Active Users: 2 Billion

Instagram* usa Monthly Active Users: 2 Billion
WeChat china Monthly Active Users: 1.313 Billion
TikTok china Monthly Active Users: 1.09 Billion

Messenger* usa Monthly Active Users: 1.313 Billion
LinkedIn usa Monthly Active Users: 930 Million
Snapchat usa Monthly Active Users: 750 Million

Douyin china Monthly Active Users: 730 Million
Telegram United Arab Emirates/British Virgin Islands 700 Million
Kuaishou/ Kwai china Monthly Active Users: 640 Million

Weibo/ Sina Weibo china Monthly Active Users: 586 Million
QQ china Monthly Active Users: 572 Million
X (Twitter) usa Monthly Active Users: 541 Million

postings
are in the public
domain

postings
essential which people
like crave need

expression
is hook needed
an essential

trend part
of tech human
condition

blogger lurker clickbait hotspot
a site is hot or a site is not
Meta Platforms, Inc operates

Facebook WhatsApp Instagram
three of the four biggest social
media platforms with Threads

trying to catch up combined
this is the bulk of social media
users a lot of power to weave

narrative into any chosen forms


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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