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Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):
"For the first scenario, I don't know how MAU is counted. There's nothing on fedidb.org that defines the metric (that I can find)."
And right there is one of the largest statistical problems facing the #Fediverse
Without a clear-cut, complete description of its methodology FediDB is at best noise when it comes to numbers
I use it extensively to research instance names and what distro they use, but MAU and Total Users are suspect at best
I've always suspected that Total Users are simply "accounts created" but so what?
That would be meaningless if they're dormant placeholders