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Although not entirely unbelievable, I would imagine there's some typical metric inflation going on[0]. [0]: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-27/everythin
by gguevaraa 6y ago
Although not entirely unbelievable, I would imagine there's some typical metric inflation going on[0].
[0]: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-27/everything-fake-ex-reddit-ceo-confirms-internet-traffic-metrics-are-bullshit https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-27/everything-fake-ex...
- gruez 6y agotweet quoted from the article: >No one has figured out how to count logged-out mobile users, as I learned at reddit. Every time someone switches cell towers, it looks like another user and inflates company user metrics How hard is it to generate a uuid on first startup and use that to track logged out app users? Or are they being willfully blind just so they can inflate their metrics?
- kaishiro 6y agoYeah, you get this "for free" with Firebase Auth when you enable anonymous authentication. I suspect this is one of those cases where they simply don't want the real number.
- giantrobot 6y agoWillfully blind. Why do anything do deflate their usage statistics?