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It's also caused by vague wording. "Up 10%" can mean both: "up by 10 percentage points" and "a 10 percent increase"
I know that I'd only ever use it to mean "a ten percent increase" but colloquially, it can mean either. In a work email, I would make sure to specify which I mean.
Uuh, I don't understand the difference you are pointing
Basically, if a percentage goes up 10 percentage points, it is just an addition. "His approval rating jumped 10 percentage points from 24% to 34%." There are 10 percentage points between those numbers.
If a value increased by 10%, it went up by 10% of its previous value. "The price of eggs increased by 10% from $9.00 to $9.90" the original value gets multiplied by 1.1
They aren't talking about percentages in the original tweet, so this doesn't really apply, but I think this vagueness confuses people so I prefer to be more specific than just "up 10%"
Ooh got it