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Good point. I like to talk trash about Facebook's PR but one thing they consistently do correctly is report total user numbers only when they are confirmed acti
by MatthewB 15y ago
Good point. I like to talk trash about Facebook's PR but one thing they consistently do correctly is report total user numbers only when they are confirmed active users.
- hvs 15y agoFacebook only reports "active" users because it is possible for them to do it in a positive light. If they had the same sort of usage that Foursquare undoubtedly has, they would be counting all users that signed up as well. That said, I still give Facebook credit for doing it.
- andrewljohnson 15y agoFundamentally, because Facebook counts it, that's what they seek. That's probably part of the recipe.
- xentronium 15y agoI wonder if number of registered accounts on facebook already exceeds Earth's population and is kinda absurd to use in any kind of statistics.
- phereford 15y agoI dont think when Facebook said they had 500 million users that they meant they had 500 million active users. I thought I saw a post today (or this week) that they hit 750 million users (without the word active in it...or so I think). The definition of active is so obtuse and varies wildly from company to company that it doesnt even matter :).
- mikeryan 15y agoI dont think when Facebook said they had 500 million users that they meant they had 500 million active users. From Facebook's Statistics Site More than 500 million active users 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
- phereford 15y agoOkay. My point is what is active? Someone who logs in once a year? Once a month? Sure 50% of "active" users log in once a day, but what about the other 50%?
- dillydally 15y agoFor Facebook "active" has always meant "signed on within the last 30 days."