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maukdaddy on Aug 11, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Groupon updates IPO filing, admits it's unprofitab...

Exactly! Subscriber != customer. These are the exact kinds of statistics and statements that companies made in the first tech bubbble.

priv_acy on Aug 11, 2011 [–]

To be fair, Groupon calls them "Subscribers" and "Customers", defining both, in the report. It's not terribly misleading.

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