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my faith is that there will be a revival for this internet just like vinyl. I I dream it will be very based on physical location. Kind of a mix of mastodon wit

• throwanem 9y ago
  Optimizing for faddishness? Vinyl's been over for years.
  • r3bl 9y ago
    And yet, they just keep selling more and more of them, a year after year. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/03/record-sales-vinyl-hits-25-year-high-and-outstrips-streaming https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/03/record-sales-v... https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/vinyl-sales-rose-26-in-2016-see-the-25-top-selling-releases/ https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/vinyl-sales-rose-26-i... https://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanpassman/2017/01/12/vinyl-is-officially-booming-the-new-billion-dollar-music-business/#81905e54054b https://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanpassman/2017/01/12/vinyl-... https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/10/04/vinyl-records-sales-2017/ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/10/04/vinyl-records-sa... https://thevinylfactory.com/news/vinyl-sales-q3-2017/ https://thevinylfactory.com/news/vinyl-sales-q3-2017/
    • throwanem 9y ago
      Didn't say that selling vinyl was over. Every fad gets commercialized some time after it's peaked. In a year or two, no one will remember.
      • r3bl 9y ago
        That "in a year or two" seems to be happening since 2007 for the Vinyl industry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival