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		BoiledCabbage on Oct 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter Is Crawling with Bots and Lacks Incentive ... But your comment almost says it: Whether or not they're actual users isn't a consideration when reporting user numbers. Are they reporting user numbers or account #s? Is it ok if they generate 1billion accoints themselves? Why/why not? What's different? Impressions are based on "eyeballs" on ads. Machines look at ads. Customers can project ad blocker %.

bradleyankrom on Oct 13, 2017 [–]

Intent to defraud would be clear if they generated a billion new, fake accounts.

ImSkeptical on Oct 13, 2017 | [–]

Why is it not clear if they report metrics that suggest they have more users and higher engagement than they do?

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