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Comment by benlivengood

5 years ago

This would be great if the metric was measuring value. Measuring value is hard; the closest quantified analog we have is money.

So a valid comparison might be "how much would anyone actually pay for this ad-funded thing?" It turns out the answer is often $0.

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edmundsauto  5 years ago

Time or attention is another way we can measure value. Imperfect, but all measurements are imperfect.

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