• ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    It’s not just a percentage thing. 1 person yesterday to 2 people today is a 100% increase. Not much of a surge, at least in terms of news worthiness. Going from 6% to 10% sounds more news worthy than going from 1% to 2% despite the latter being a much larger percentage increase.

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      11 months ago

      Of course, percentage just help show relativity. It’s why people can look at a 0.5% increase and dismiss it as not significant.

      Would it help if I translated the percentage for you? Linux surged 600000 to 2.3 million.