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		gamache on March 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Poll of Facebook Users Finds 94% Hate Redesign Here, "active user" means "registered account". It's not a good indicator of who is actually using the site on a regular basis.

jfarmer on March 19, 2009 [–]

Generally FB takes "active" to mean "logged on within the last 30 days." That includes new users and returning users, but not users who haven't been on for the last month.

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