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by Rexxar 1437 days ago
Why you think absolute number make more sense ?
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yunohn 1437 days ago
Well, even by percentage, 1 in 100 users at their scale is massive.

More context: https://dataschool.com/misrepresenting-data/relative-vs-abso...

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verbify 1437 days ago
The article says to use both - not a preference for using absolute numbers at large scales.
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yunohn 1437 days ago
Are you just being pedantic, or do you have a point? I’ve stated my stance.
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azemetre 1437 days ago
Your stance is that 1% is a large amount, people don't understand why you think this is a large amount other than 1% of large numbers happen to be large figures.
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