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by Ferret7446 1416 days ago
Not really, because the revenue comes from ads not users. Twitter makes profit from ad buyers thinking they are reaching many users. The "revenue per user was higher" you mention is actually "cost per ad impression" and ad buyers want that to be low.
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Ad buyers want this to be lower, but investors would love for this to be higher. I think that's what the parent was aiming at.