"I don't use it. None of my friends use it so it's not popular and won't be successful." Ah, I really dislike this mentality. Ever heard of "Everybody Loves R

"I don't use it. None of my friends use it so it's not popular and won't be successful." Ah, I really dislike this mentality. Ever heard of "Everybody Loves Raymond"? It's a TV show that I didn't and none of my friends watched. But guess what? it was the most-watched show in the early 2000s. How about "Arrested Development"? I watched it. My friends were watching it. Some of my friends still talk about it on Facebook. But guess what? It got canceled because of poor ratings. What I learned is that in some aspects, I'm not part of the mainstream. My guess is a lot of people in Hacker News aren't either. Let us not make conclusions on something based on what we or our friends use or like.