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In what sense is "account for" in this tweet being used?
>These were such a weird FBI attempt to start a race war online
It kinda worked for a hot minute, the FBI could not account for social media users having the attention span of a fruit fly and everybody moved on.
https://twitter.com/BlackIceSheep/status/160011...
In what sense is "account for" in this tweet being used?
>These were such a weird FBI attempt to start a race war online
It kinda worked for a hot minute, the FBI could not account for social media users having the attention span of a fruit fly and everybody moved on.
https://twitter.com/BlackIceSheep/status/160011...
>These were such a weird FBI attempt to start a race war online
It kinda worked for a hot minute, the FBI could not account for social media users having the attention span of a fruit fly and everybody moved on.
https://twitter.com/BlackIceSheep/status/160011...
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I think this person means "predict" not "account for"
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