# A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881 "2021-12-11T12:32:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1707 "2024-01-17T05:25:31Z")

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From the Twitter thread:

> [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition/963442/8627):
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> > [@Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition/963442/8619):
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> > In Twitter news, it reached an all-time record number of users a couple of days ago.
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> That’s a surprising stat that doesn’t appear to have made it into traditional media sources. How are “users” defined? Can you point me toward this news?

Sam hasn’t responded to this yet. Any guesses what he’ll do?

1. ignore it and pretend he never made this claim
2. provide a link to something that doesn’t support his statement
3. “I don’t need to link to information everyone already knows, you’re only asking because I’m conservative”
4. cite some made up number that Musk tweeted
5. shift the goalposts, e.g., “the total number of users who ever registered on Twitter is always increasing”
6. apologize for making shit up

(Option 6 is just a joke.)

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