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Re:Twitter Takes Aim at Anonymous Egg Accounts by teej on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:24PM (#13767939)
Facebook and I believe Twitter report Monthly Active Users. This isn't some smoke and mirrors number. Sure, bots may count in this number, but they aren't referencing total signups when they say "Users" like you imply.
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Re:Twitter Takes Aim at Anonymous Egg Accounts by CharlesW on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @03:55PM (#13768202)
> This isn't some smoke and mirrors number. Sure, bots may count in this number…

They do, which is why it's reasonable to consider it a smoke and mirrors number.

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