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Damn, it's a *relative* number, not an *absolute* number. Only a few people got that fact.
The original post compared to a marathon:
John Smith finished 100th in the marathon last year, but this year he finished 500th. Jane Doe finished 2nd last year, but finishes 800th this year. THEREFORE, there are fewer people running in the marathon this year, because they both finished lower than last year.
Make sense? Nope! The position they finished in is a *relative* number. The place they finished in has nothing to do with the number of people running in the marathon. Could be a thousand, could be a billion.
The number of people running in the marathon (or surfing web pages) is the absolute number. The place they finish in (their ranking) is relative to every other runner... it doesn't determine the number of runners.
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