[07d046]

You might as well just read the Twitter thread that the article links to https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/1162711159000055808

[jialutu]

Scrolling through the twitter message, there is a link to this quora article, makes an enlightening read:

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-specific-examples-of-medi...

[jammygit]

Found two articles that corroborate the numbers to some extent. The police say 100k, organizers said 400k.

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1UF07P

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/17/oppose-violence-save-h...

The original protesters are claiming 1.7M by comparison:

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/18/breaking-organisers-sa...

I find all these numbers to be incomprehensible. My whole city is only about 1M. Where do so many people go to the bathroom? Serious question

[Semaphor]

This is downvoted. Can someone explain why? That would be much more helpful for debunking the link (if it can be debunked).

[07d046]

I'm not sure where the Quora link comes from, and it's a bad answer because it parrots the claim that there were hundreds of thousands at a static rally at a venue than doesn't hold more than about 20,000.

[SebastianKra]

Thanks.

Does anyone know how to get past these consent-walls? Outline.com doesn't seem to work...