[citricsquid]

It's definitely impressive, but the numbers are still not "real" as is portrayed, just because accounts weren't carried over that doesn't mean old users didn't re-sign up based on the old product.

Anyway not trying to criticise this is incredible either way, but it's definitely different to going from 0 to 1m users.

[bdittmer]

Errr, going from 55k users to a million users inside of 15 days is still an impressive feat...

[citricsquid]

Which is why my comment includes:

this is incredible either way

I'm just saying there is a difference. 55,000 people instantly aware of your new product who used your old product is a massive boost compared to 0 people knowing about your product when you release it. Anyway this is a fruitless discussion, it's impressive, just different!

[ugh]

The article said “re-launch”, I don’t think that’s very misleading.

[funthree]

Its only misleading to the degree of 4 orders of magnitude

That's okay, right?