>The confusion over the bots is real. The confusion is real, but it's entirely due to EM's "fake news" campaign. The core of EM's PR campaign against Twitter

>The confusion over the bots is real. The confusion is real, but it's entirely due to EM's "fake news" campaign. The core of EM's PR campaign against Twitter has been to represent the denominator of the 5% figure as all "Twitterers" rather than mDAUs. This may work on any member of the public who is sympathetic, conspiratorial minded, and not interested in details. But do you think it will get him anything in court? I read Twitter's complaint, and I will say they did not seem to be laser focused on the question of whether there is an obvious contradiction between Twitter being 90% bots and the 5% figure in SEC filings. If I were their lawyers, I would emphasize that there is no contradiction at all because the latter is a percentage of mDAUs...but apparently in their judgement it's not a particularly essential part of the complaint.