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loeg | 3 days ago

> Wouldn’t surprise me if there are different ways to report the same numbers to make the situation seem more or less favorable.

Yeah -- accurately, and inaccurately.

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datsci_est_2015|3 days ago

Are you implying that there are four quadrants:

  - Accurate / favorable
  - Inaccurate / favorable
  - Accurate / unfavorable
  - Inaccurate / unfavorable
Or are you implying that Meta spoke the God’s honest truth out of a sense of societal duty and honor.

loeg|3 days ago

In this instance, only two combinations -- accurate and favorable vs inaccurate and unfavorable.

Meta and Meta's accountants spoke the truth in their audited financial statements. I cannot speak to the motivation in their hearts, but I am aware that there are significant financial and criminal consequences to publishing incorrect financial statements.