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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by nojokes on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:58PM (#25635240)
In what kind of Lalaland is 50 million nothing?
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by maskedinvader on Monday January 04, 2021 @03:30PM (#25637426)
I guess parent comment is comparing facebook's quarterly revenue (~20 Billion) from ad sales, 50 million would be a fraction of a percent of 1 quarter of ad revenue I would imagine for a company like Facebook.
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by CamperBob2 on Monday January 04, 2021 @06:46PM (#25639901)
In the context of advertising, I read "57M" as $57,000. They would normally write 57MM if they meant $57 million, wouldn't they?
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by pdonis on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:02PM (#25640053)
> In the context of advertising, I read "57M" as $57,000.

?? I would expect to see $57,000 abbreviated as $57K.

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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by CamperBob2 on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:41PM (#25640442)
That's now how they roll in that business. CPM for instance = cost per thousand.
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by pdonis on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @01:42PM (#25649178)
Maybe they all studied Latin or learned Roman numerals?
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by CamperBob2 on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @04:02PM (#25650996)
Yep, the 'M' means 'mille' as I understand it. 'MM' is 'mille mille', or 'thousand thousand.'
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by presto8 on Monday January 04, 2021 @07:34PM (#25640381)
Do you mean like the Roman "M" for thousand and "MM" for million? That is mixing Arabic numerals with Roman numerals.
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Re:After spending $57M on Facebook ads, I was kicked off by TheCoelacanth on Monday January 04, 2021 @08:31PM (#25640875)
MM to denote millions is reasonably common in some fields: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/knowledge/ot...
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