# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1)

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**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\
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> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> In Twitter news, it reached an all-time record number of users a couple of days ago.

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?

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