3 ms·

Sorry what? What else do you call people who sign-up if not "users"? They don't say that "2 million people use our apps and all of them signed in yesterday",

• petercooper 17y ago
  So if I take a note of all the people who've used the toilet in my house, I could say, perhaps, 80 people would be on the list. Is it now valid for me to say "Over 75 people use our toilet"? Perhaps, but the implication doesn't match the reality.
  • deleted 17y ago
    [deleted]
  • run4yourlives 17y ago
    Perhaps, but the implication doesn't match the reality How so? Over 75 people have used your toilet. This is like suggesting that McDonalds' "over xx billion served" mantra is supposed to mean that there are over xx billion customers in their store at any given time. I'm not sure if that's how you read it, but I certainly don't take the statement that 37s makes to be misleading.
    • petercooper 17y ago
      This is like suggesting that McDonalds' "over xx billion served" mantra is supposed to mean that there are over xx billion customers in their store at any given time. Except that "served" is past tense and "use" is the simple present. If 37signals had said 3 million have "used" their software, this discussion probably wouldn't have kicked off. Instead, they used the present tense, implying that 3 million people routinely and currently use the software, which is highly unlikely.
      • staunch 17y ago
        Exactly. I can't tell if patio11 and run4yourlives are messing with me or not!