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This may be the proverbial signal to noise ratio. For example, there are a gazillion really good musicians with channels on YouTube. You could argue that some o
by ksaj 6y ago
This may be the proverbial signal to noise ratio. For example, there are a gazillion really good musicians with channels on YouTube. You could argue that some of them are better than similar musicians who have record deals, but due to the huge competitive numbers, only a few get noticed.
Sometimes the best get buried under a pile of mediocrity.
- nejlika 6y agoThat is true. But I would have guessed that HN would have been a great place to find those hidden gems because of how niche some stuff around here can be. I guess one part of the problem could be that it is now more difficult to be widely influential: everybody is more or less specialized into narrow fields of study or activity - leading to fewer people being widely interacted with and having their ideas shared.