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I think you've got cause and effect the wrong way round. People who enjoy hobbies are going to be drawn to Pintrest, people into finance read /r/fi, and people
by jon-wood 9y ago
I think you've got cause and effect the wrong way round. People who enjoy hobbies are going to be drawn to Pintrest, people into finance read /r/fi, and people who are into tech read Hacker News.
- jimmies 9y agoIt was a lame and absurd joke,... but what I meant is that the dominant one that people without any particular interest flock in. Now, it's Facebook. In the past, it was the taboo magazines in Walmart checkout lines and at gas stations, so that's why it used to be clothing. If Facebook didn't make it, I think we wouldn't have seen the shift mentioned. The average person thinks what's popular is what makes them likable, not that he/she has found a more meaningful life in travels and """experiences""". Btw, I'm from Vietnam, the news there is changing rapidly but still have an emphasis on celebrities, so I notice that Viet immigrants in the US care about how you look & dress more than American people. Every comment on how I dress was from my Viet friends and our girls wear a lot of LV bags :)
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- watwut 9y agoBut then again, one is more likely to try hobbies people he knows/likes do. And occasionally I get interested in things someone posted on my social network I would not even care about otherwise. The influence goes two ways.
- leesec 9y agoI actually think he/she's got it the right way. I don't think most people post pictures of food because they're dedicated 'foodies', I think they do it for the likes.
- walshemj 9y agoPeople into finance read the FT or the WSJ