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Re:Pirate Bay founder thinks Parler’s inability to stay onli... by formalsystems on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:51PM (#25771234)
They would display numbers less than 1000 as-is, and only start adding the "k" and "m" prefix after the 4-digit and 7-digit threshold was crossed.
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Re:Pirate Bay founder thinks Parler’s inability to stay onli... by bkilrain on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:45PM (#25771648)
But how could they maintain an accurate count? Maybe they were just persisting the user-friendly format alongside the actual count...
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Re:Pirate Bay founder thinks Parler’s inability to stay onli... by bonestamp2 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:39AM (#25773761)
The endpoint of the API is probably just rounding the accurate number and returning a friendly number... or it's all bullshit anyway.
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