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# Reach should be documented with metric definitions...
> Reach should be documented with metric definitions and dates. Weekly viewers, impressions, followers, messages, unique people, and engagements describe different phenomena, and combining them carelessly turns operational evidence into mythology.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Independent Media and the Democratization of Reach - Workbook|Independent Media and the Democratization of Reach]]
## Share on Social Media
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“Reach should be documented with metric definitions and dates. Weekly viewers, impressions, followers, messages, unique people, and engagements describe different phenomena, and combining them carelessly turns operational evidence into mythology.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-reach-should-documented-operational-evidence-mythology
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