We’ve been covering many stories about a potential TikTok ban, including how unconstitutional it clearly is, how pointless it clearly is, and how even those who back it don’t seem to have a good ex…
  • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Also, that data is from some mobile analytics firm, how reliable are those numbers?

    With all the data these damn companies vacuum up, it better be damn reliable, otherwise what is even the fucking point lmao

    • AggressivelyPassive@feddit.deEnglish
      8·
      8 months ago

      We don’t know that. What are they even measuring? New installs? New accounts? What is a DAU? Opened the app this day? Engaged with the app? Looked at a notification? What is the measured user base? Can this population be called representative for the entire user base?

      Without detailed information about that, this kind of data is basically astrology.