Screenshot of Taylor Lorenz tweet showing an experiment that "proves" that Twitter view count numbers are inaccurate.

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   Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 11-Feb-2023 02:45:34 JST Mastodon Migration

   So this is interesting...

   Washington Post report Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz, who is famous in these circles for being banned from Twitter, then reinstated after much outcry, has conducted an experiment to determine if view counts on Twitter are legitimate.

   Surprise, she presents proof that they are not, as shown in the Tweet screenshot below.

   Many stay on Twitter because they believe that their "engagement" is higher, but now it seems like they can not trust the numbers.

   #twittermigration