Does it invalidate the content if they're one but not the other? Why does it matter if they're professors, researchers or students? It's not like they're making

Does it invalidate the content if they're one but not the other? Why does it matter if they're professors, researchers or students? It's not like they're making profound statements or putting forward some bold crazy theory, they're asking for FB's internal stats to be validated published so it can be used for research.