Re:Facebook revenue beats estimates; discloses antitrust probe
by mtmail on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @05:23PM
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https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/monthly-active-user-mau...
"Facebook revised its definition of MAU: It would no longer include "third-party pings"—that is, people who are not active Facebook users, but who share content only via another site that's integrated within the Facebook login."
Re:Facebook revenue beats estimates; discloses antitrust probe
by bliteben on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @05:02PM
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Look at their 10Q yourself
https://investor.fb.com/financials/sec-filings-details/defau...
Re:Facebook revenue beats estimates; discloses antitrust probe
by darawk on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @05:04PM
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What is it that you think the 10Q says that validates your claim that these numbers are false?
Re:Facebook revenue beats estimates; discloses antitrust probe
by bliteben on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @05:08PM
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We define a monthly active user as a registered Facebook user who logged in and visited Facebook through our website or a mobile device, or used our Messenger application (and is also a registered Facebook user), in the last 30 days as of the date of measurement. MAUs are a measure of the size of our global active user community on Facebook.
They do mention that they think 11% of their accounts are duplicates. But even then I think the numbers smell off.
It is highly unlikely they are falsely claiming those numbers. What is likely is that they are including loose interactions e.g. OAuth Login as MAUs.