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by ambition 5310 days ago
This particular number counts monthly active users. Your friends with three accounts would have to be active on the site at least once a month in each account for them to be counted in this total.
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Yes, that's correct. I'm not referring to inactive or throwaway accounts. Many people I know have an account for a business, separate to their personal account, and some have multiple accounts to keep their work friends separate from personal lives, and they use each account frequently.