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Interesting! The rise to prominence of supermodels seem to follow similar patterns to websites and startups: Why did this startup was funded rather than that on
by Jun8 16y ago
Interesting! The rise to prominence of supermodels seem to follow similar patterns to websites and startups: Why did this startup was funded rather than that one. People would list all kinds of theories but as the article declares "Nobody knows".
- aspiringsensei 16y agoThanks for the tl:dr there. I was kind of hoping for a conclusion beyond "IDK."
- sadapsi 16y agoI disagree, websites and startup serve some purpose and they are aided by forces which aren't as appearant as one would like them to be. E.g. Youtube was aided by mass adoption of Flash Twitter was aided by the rise of "texting" Foursquare was aided by rise of phones with GPS Facebook was aided by being founded at one of the most privileged universities, consider this since the earlier users of Facebook were Harvard alum/ugrads, they sure had connections and social skill much above the general population. However it is hard to tell which effect would aid you!