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Comment author: Louie 31 May 2010 10:01:27AM 9 points [-]

Compete is just wrong.

I've seen our actual traffic data. Compete is using an outside tracking method that both underestimates our previous traffic and overestimates our current traffic.

It is the case that the new users coming through from HP fanfic are more "sticky" than other users... meaning they are much more likely to use the site more. And they are a very diverse crowd from more geographical areas, which I think is how compete is overcounting them.