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We will never be able to accurately count the number of messages on the Fediverse so this likely happened earlier. We will always under count because some serve

We will never be able to accurately count the number of messages on the Fediverse so this likely happened earlier. We will always under count because some servers don't report statistics and we may not even be counting all the servers. I say this as someone who has spent time trying to measure these things and has written a fair bit of software attempting to measure things like this.

mxuribe 4y ago
> ...We will never be able to accurately count the number of messages on the Fediverse... In many ways, I hope that blindness continues...While i know my opinion there hurts valid research studies (and any stats work like yourself might conduct - sorry about that!), I think the pseudo-privacy that the network affords is worth the likelihood that any data set is only a fraction of the true numbers. My intent is not to be flippant....i just really value this nebulous aspect of the network...Like someone who values their small town feel (warts and all), and dislikes Big City folks who charge into said fictional small town trying to change things that may not need changing. (Not saying you or other researchers do so...just using a cheesy analogy)