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"...growing faster than Facebook." Please stop using growth as a metric -- just say, flat out, how many (legit) user accounts you have. If you grow from 1 user
by gavanwoolery 14y ago
"...growing faster than Facebook."
Please stop using growth as a metric -- just say, flat out, how many (legit) user accounts you have. If you grow from 1 user to 2 users in a day, you are growing at 200 percent, way faster than Facebook is...but you only have 2 users. If you grow from 10k to 20k, its only slightly less meaningless. Also, the 10,000 fake user accounts you are seeding your startup with do not count as legitimate growth.
Also, Facebook is probably plateauing. It is unlikely your growth match's Facebook's peak growth rate.
- jessaustin 14y agoIf you'll forgive my pedantry, I think doubling is traditionally described as "100%" growth, not "200%".
- chimeracoder 14y agoRelevant XCKD: http://xkcd.com/1102/ http://xkcd.com/1102/ Agreed - then it becomes easy to get worked up about a growth rate "slowing down" and misinterpret that as a plateau, even if the sheer numbers would indicate otherwise.