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Re:Justin.TV as a country by byrneseyeview on Sunday November 16, 2008 @05:34PM (#366374)
How many of those users are active? Last day? Seven days? How many actually broadcast?

I would bet that the average Justin.tv user is more actively involved in JTV than the average Latvian is involved in Latvia. I mean, sure, they report 2.3 million registered residents, but how many of them voted in the last day? Last seven days? How many of them actually run for office?

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Re:Justin.TV as a country by JacobAldridge on Sunday November 16, 2008 @11:59PM (#366592)
How many of them worked? Paid taxes? Contributed to growth in the Latvian economy and GDP? Helped a little old lady across the street?

You don't have to lead or influence leaders to contribute, and I think contribution is the key to the ajkirwin's point.

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