Ahhhh this one.. yes... it was more like a bug I "found" (apparently) yesterday, and Hive account@scriptoiner already fixed it... hence that increase of new users. Check the conversation here on discord.

So, in theory is fake new users but real accounts because they were already playing. I noticed the difference when going through the total users, which didn't match the number of users seen on ranking.

We know the total number of real users is not that total, but at least we have the total number of accounts that played dcity at least.

The important graph I was trying to shill on tweeter yesterday was this one (daily active accounts):

The total number of accounts keeps increasing naturally, which is expected.

Now, back to the important question!

I have so many people out of work - what is a good strategy??

Combine buildings! The one that makes better use of high unemployment is the "Farm Corporation". If you can't afford to do that one, then buy buildings which will reduce your unemployment and will increase your income. Do that math on the "Simulation" tab and find out which one is best for you, then go to market and buy them ALL! =) that's what I do.

Hint, buying buildings with best ration of cost vs income is a great strategy when you are doing this "reduce the unemployment" strategy. You basically kill 3 birds in one shot (the third bird if you are asking is the fact you are investing on low/cheap cards).

Enjoy! and folks reading this comment... I have BEER on my Pub as usual =)