One of the reaction threads I saw elsewhere on social media pointed out the response rates for the surveys that come up with these numbers is plummeting--about a decade ago, we had ~85% response rate, now we're done to ~65% response rate. So the initial quality of these numbers is probably getting a lot worse.

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ceejayoz 14 hours ago | parent [-]

https://xcancel.com/ernietedeschi/status/1951721848393105573 indicates they've been getting better over time.

I'd suspect better computing helps a lot here.

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jcranmer 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Cut that graph to the last decade, and they don't look like they've been getting better.

	▲	ceejayoz 14 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The COVID era is likely to be an outlier in many things.