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Re:Auto increment is a terrible idea by brians on Thursday November 30, 2017 @08:51AM (#15815657)
Social media networks claimed a number of users—falsely. Reporters created a couple accounts, got the true number, exposed the lies. Pwnage.
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Re:Auto increment is a terrible idea by lucideer on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:01AM (#15815721)
That seems a fairly terrible reason to advise against serial keys. That they expose fragrant lies about metrics made by incompetent marketing departments? Sounds like a feature.
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