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Re:Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric for Two Years by LordHumungous on Friday September 23, 2016 @03:17AM (#12562887)
Yeah. The main purpose of the metric is to compare the relative effectiveness of ads. If each number was off by the same amount, that doesn't affect the delta
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Re:Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric for Two Years by pbhjpbhj on Friday September 23, 2016 @09:07AM (#12564263)
... if there's only one advertiser you can buy placements from!!

Or indeed if all advertisers are using the same misleading metric.

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