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Stop using Google trends (medium.com/dannypage)
5 points by reitanqild on June 26, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Case in point:

> It makes “The British are frantically Googling what the EU is, hours after voting to leave it” absurdly disingenuous without better numbers. Update: Remy Smith points out this out: The peak was merely ~1000 people! It’s ludicrous that so few people get turned into a massive story, but it underscores the need for context.




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