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I would really love to see some numbers on that, but thanks to the IPO we will never have any insight into that. They have to make up numbers like that, or they

by X4 13y ago

I would really love to see some numbers on that, but thanks to the IPO we will never have any insight into that. They have to make up numbers like that, or they lose money. "It is an advertising-based business. Twitter also sells data. It will generate about $583 million this year. Twitter is expected to generate a little less than $1 billion in 2014, according to eMarketer. Most of Twitter's revenue comes from three types of ads, although it plans to have a more robust advertising offering next year." Aha!

pessimizer 13y ago
Fake Twitter Followers Become Multimillion-Dollar Business http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/fake-twitter-followers-becomes-multimillion-dollar-business/?_r=0 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/fake-twitter-follow... Over 27% of the Top 10 Twitter Accounts’ Followers Are Fake http://www.webpronews.com/over-27-of-the-top-10-twitter-accounts-followers-are-fake-2012-08 http://www.webpronews.com/over-27-of-the-top-10-twitter-acco... 5% of Twitter Users Are Fake [reports Twitter in S-1] http://investorplace.com/2013/10/5-of-twitter-users-are-fake/ http://investorplace.com/2013/10/5-of-twitter-users-are-fake... edit: 1 in 10 Twitter accounts is fake, say researchers http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/1-10-twitter-accounts-fake-say-researchers-2D11655362 http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/1-10-twitter-accounts-fake...
- ryguytilidie 13y ago
  Even if 60% of Twitter's users were fake they would still have more active users than Pinterest so the title is still pretty misleading.
  - pessimizer 13y ago
    I'd bet Pinterest has more non-member users, though. Very few people read tweets who aren't members of Twitter. With no evidence, I'd bet that Pinterest has more people looking at galleries of pictures who don't feel a need to register.
    - ZoF 13y ago
      I doubt it. Oh look, these are opinions, not facts. What a pointless diatribe.
      - ceejayoz 13y ago
        Without direct access to their analytics and backends, educated guesses are the best thing available.
- X4 13y ago
  Thank you pessimizer. Interesting data.
onebaddude 13y ago
>but thanks to the IPO we will never have any insight into that. They have to make up numbers like that, or they lose money. Do you really believe that private companies are more forth-coming with information than public companies? Do you read 10-Qs? Being public makes a company accountable to shareholders for just such information. Withholding it, or worse fabricating it, isn't the status quo with a public company. It results in shareholder lawsuits.

by X4 13y ago

pessimizer 13y ago

Fake Twitter Followers Become Multimillion-Dollar Business http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/fake-twitter-followers-becomes-multimillion-dollar-business/?_r=0 http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/fake-twitter-follow... Over 27% of the Top 10 Twitter Accounts’ Followers Are Fake http://www.webpronews.com/over-27-of-the-top-10-twitter-accounts-followers-are-fake-2012-08 http://www.webpronews.com/over-27-of-the-top-10-twitter-acco... 5% of Twitter Users Are Fake [reports Twitter in S-1] http://investorplace.com/2013/10/5-of-twitter-users-are-fake/ http://investorplace.com/2013/10/5-of-twitter-users-are-fake... edit: 1 in 10 Twitter accounts is fake, say researchers http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/1-10-twitter-accounts-fake-say-researchers-2D11655362 http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/1-10-twitter-accounts-fake...

ryguytilidie 13y ago
Even if 60% of Twitter's users were fake they would still have more active users than Pinterest so the title is still pretty misleading.
- pessimizer 13y ago
  I'd bet Pinterest has more non-member users, though. Very few people read tweets who aren't members of Twitter. With no evidence, I'd bet that Pinterest has more people looking at galleries of pictures who don't feel a need to register.
  - ZoF 13y ago
    I doubt it. Oh look, these are opinions, not facts. What a pointless diatribe.
    - ceejayoz 13y ago
      Without direct access to their analytics and backends, educated guesses are the best thing available.
X4 13y ago
Thank you pessimizer. Interesting data.

onebaddude 13y ago

>but thanks to the IPO we will never have any insight into that. They have to make up numbers like that, or they lose money. Do you really believe that private companies are more forth-coming with information than public companies? Do you read 10-Qs? Being public makes a company accountable to shareholders for just such information. Withholding it, or worse fabricating it, isn't the status quo with a public company. It results in shareholder lawsuits.