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They are not talking about active users. The metric quoted was "used Facebook in a single day". I know for a fact that they count any "Like" click or any Facebo
by bigtones 11y ago
They are not talking about active users. The metric quoted was "used Facebook in a single day". I know for a fact that they count any "Like" click or any Facebook comment on any web page on the internet when they quote "used Facebook". It does not mean logged into one of their apps.
- aristus 11y agoI personally audited the entire pipeline, and code, from collection to analysis all the way to the little DAU ("daily active users") graph that informs this number. That experience, and years of working on related data sets inside Facebook, are enough to convince me that the 1B number is legit. If that's not enough for you, well, maybe I can't help that. But I am curious what evidence leads you to believe something different. Serious question, genuinely curious. Edit: to be clear, and IIRC, seeing a Like button is not counted. Actually Liking something, which posts to your news feed, does.
- lifeisstillgood 11y agoYou both seem to be saying the same thing - actively clicking on a like button gets counted as a real genuine user of Facebook. That seems reasonable (one is logged in, and clicks something sending data to FB) Neither of you have said just having FB button appear on a 3rd party site counts - that would get what 3bn users :-)
- aristus 11y agoI think so, rereading. But many people assume that simply visiting a page with a widget counts.
- peteretep 11y agoGiven that both actions require a Facebook account that you're logged in to, that seems pretty reasonable
- toephu2 11y ago"I know for a fact" and how do you know this? do you work at facebook? Someone who used to work there just gave a contradicting statement