Comment on One year-post acquisition, X traffic and monthly active users are in decline, report claims

wantd2B1ofthestrokes@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  don’t know if they really tell us anything substantive

  That’s literally what statistics are, the most substantive evidence that exists

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  • wantd2B1ofthestrokes@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That definitely depends. 100% of people that drink water die is a statistic. The question is always whether the statistics are actually good

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    • sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Whether or not you’re intelligent enough to notice when drastically are being used to fuck with you is separate from whether or not those statistics are real.

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      • wantd2B1ofthestrokes@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I mean a statistic can be “real” and also not useful. A person can also be statistically illiterate. I’m not sure these realities validate their web traffic metrics though.

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    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      100% of people that drink water die

      The question is always whether the statistics are actually good

      Technically, that is not a good statistic. Only ~93% of people that drank water have died. 8 billion are still alive.

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