[ugh]

That’s not only funny, that’s also why said difference is currently meaningless. The ten million users are also active users. The interesting question will be whether they will still be in a month (or, alternatively, whether Google+ gains so many new users that a few million lost active users don’t matter).

[levesque]

I wouldn't call Facebook's 750 million users active users either.

[flyt]

They are. Facebook is absolutely telling the truth about this metric. 750 million active users in the last 30 days, 50% of that daily and 80% of 750mil weekly.

[edanm]

I don't mean to nitpick, I'm genuinely curious: how do you know Facebook is telling the truth about the figures?

I always assumed they were telling the truth because they're legally bound to (and because if they're caught lying, it would suck badly for them). I'm just wondering if you have any more info than that, since you seem so emphatic about it.

[code_duck]

That does not mean 750 million individual humans, guaranteed.

[WalterGR]

Why not? Do you have insight into how Facebook calculates that number?

[code_duck]

Are you serious?

[WalterGR]

MSN Messenger has >300 million users. QQ has three times that. Why do you find it so inconceivable that Facebook has 750 million active users?

I don't have time for the Socratic method.

[nl]

Facebook only reports 30-day active user numbers.