ARR is a vanity metric now, modern eyeballs.
6:20 AM · Jun 25, 2026 · 4.2K Views
ARR is a vanity metric now, modern eyeballs.
Users agree that ARR is becoming a vanity metric like dot-com eyeballs because it no longer reflects sustainable business health.
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like eyeballs, it can be a very useful signal. google and facebook are worth a combined $5.6T . but putting too much weight on it just because it's a number that used to better correlate with long-term value seems short-sighted.
ARR is a vanity metric now, modern eyeballs.

@packyM 100%.