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Old 01-09-2022, 11:21 AM   #1
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LXer: There it is - Steam breaks 28 million users online


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Well, that didn't take long now did it? After hitting a new high on January 2 that was very close to the big milestone, just today Steam officially passed 28 million users online.

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Old 01-09-2022, 11:42 AM   #2
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I consider that headline poor wording. At first I thought Steam broke something. They just exceeded/passed 28 million users, no breakage involved, other than perhaps breaking a record, but the headline implies they broke users.
 
Old 01-09-2022, 01:48 PM   #3
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It's called bait-click.

Works perfectly fine!
 
Old 01-10-2022, 04:57 AM   #4
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I consider that headline poor wording..
Absolutely! Exceedingly bad grammar! It's a bot!

No real people were hurt in the making of the headline!

 
  


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