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Google demonstrated superior search in 1996, but only became the largest search engine after 4 years, $25MM funding, and a partnership with Yahoo: http://www.go
by brlewis 16y ago
Google demonstrated superior search in 1996, but only became the largest search engine after 4 years, $25MM funding, and a partnership with Yahoo: http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html http://www.google.com/corporate/history.html
Good ideas are different, so people need social proof. That's not how geeks are accustomed to proving things, so we're slow.
- zackattack 16y agoyeah, i'm finding that social proof is in many ways the barometer of a good idea.
- brlewis 16y agoBy social proof I mean when someone you respect/imitate embraces the idea. On a large scale this just means popularity. So I would call social proof the barometer of a successful idea, which only loosely correlates with being a good idea.
- zackattack 16y agocool. yeah, most people tell me my ideas suck, and then they tell me "it's a good idea" once they get adoption.
- christonog 16y agoI'd imagine this happens a lot with new ideas. Back in the day, people couldn't fathom having a mobile phone. Now, many people can't fathom not having the internet (myself included) where ever they go.