The debate rages. Clay Shirky, Wagner James Au and others going backwards and forwards about what all the numbers mean. Signups, active residents, paying accounts, free accounts, verified accounts, unverified accounts and alts.And why all the big running around with numbers like one million? Two million? Are those arbitrary and essentially meaningless milestones, or do they actually have some particular meaning?
Yes. To both. That's not as confusing as it might seem, if you think it through a little ...
