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		JungleGymSam on Jan 6, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CSS changes that increased Reddit account creation... The article is about an 8% increase in account registrations not hits.

vii on Jan 6, 2015 [–]

Exactly.

An account registration is basically like a hit metric.

The creation of an account does not imply that it will be used or the person who created it has not created many more either accidentally or for example because they could not log in.

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