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You said: "both sides are bullshitting to get a better price" Which implies that this number is related to Twitter trying to get a better price. However, if t
by mattzito 4y ago
You said:
"both sides are bullshitting to get a better price"
Which implies that this number is related to Twitter trying to get a better price. However, if this is the number they have always said, regardless of the methodology, clearly they can't be trying to get a better price - as they started doing this long before there was a price to make better.
That is separate and independent from whether the number is accurate to begin with - if it's remained consistent and publicly available, there's no chicanery here, the risk around that stat has always been baked into the market price of the company.
- gitfan86 4y agoThe percentage of fake users has a high correlation with the value of the business. Twitter's value is higher if the number is lower. I'm not suggesting they just started bullshitting in the past month, just that they are not making the best effort to get an accurate number.
- hellomyguys 4y agoShouldn't they be saying the number is decreasing vs staying at ~5% for years then?
- gitfan86 4y agoHaving zero bots would be good, but obviously that isn't True. So instead they say a low consistent number and hope no one proves them wrong. Most importantly it doesn't appear to be getting worse.