Numbers are relevant when there is context to properly digest those numbers. Here's some comparison from the flipside from Yahoo's press release:
With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of the fastest-growing media networks in the world. Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent on site each month.
120,000 new accounts every day is amazing. While I don't know how many accounts made up those 72,000 posts over that hour, I can imagine it being easily and quickly wiped out by new posts. 900 posts per second is 3.24 million posts per hour. 72,000 is 2.22%. If that number keeps growing and the 900 posts per second number drops, then this is interesting news. Until then, it's just posturing by WordPress (or perhaps just a cheap publicity stunt).
With more than 300 million monthly unique visitors and 120,000 signups every day, Tumblr is one of the fastest-growing media networks in the world. Tumblr sees 900 posts per second (!) and 24 billion minutes spent on site each month.
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120,000 new accounts every day is amazing. While I don't know how many accounts made up those 72,000 posts over that hour, I can imagine it being easily and quickly wiped out by new posts. 900 posts per second is 3.24 million posts per hour. 72,000 is 2.22%. If that number keeps growing and the 900 posts per second number drops, then this is interesting news. Until then, it's just posturing by WordPress (or perhaps just a cheap publicity stunt).