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Seriously, what's up with people on the internet always seeming to say the same thing. It's like this: - One guy says that the financial crisis is the terrible

Seriously, what's up with people on the internet always seeming to say the same thing. It's like this: - One guy says that the financial crisis is the terriblest thing to happen to us since 1939. Then a bunch of blogs come up saying the same thing - Then someone says that all the startup apps that just try to gain users should suddenly all buckle down and start making money. Then a bunch of blogs suddenly pop up saying the same thing. These are just thought trends. Wake up sheeple and think for yourselves. If the media starts panicking, there is one thing you know for sure - everyone will start panicking too. Now, once you know that, you are now well positioned to take advantage of the other peoples panic. If people are telling you to start making money now, and you observe your competitors following that advise and avoiding to grow, it's exactly the right time to grow quickly - because others are doing the opposite, implying that growth is cheaper. Later, you can monetize your userbase even better, because you can see what worked and what did not work for the competition.

jlouis 18y ago
It is because the human brain tends to be wired in a certain way. One guy says something and other people begin to reflect on what he has said. Since their entry barrier to publishing has been lowered by magnitude via blogs, it is easy to put these reflections up for others to grab and reflect on. The ball is now rolling. Some times, when reading blog posts like these, I wonder if the point of the post is to disagree for the sole purpose of driving traffic and gossip. The problem is not that these people publish. The problem rather is that they get upvoted on a site like this one. The article lacks a number of compelling arguments as to why his viewpoint is true. On the contrary, Grahams article backs the statements up by history.

jlouis 18y ago

It is because the human brain tends to be wired in a certain way. One guy says something and other people begin to reflect on what he has said. Since their entry barrier to publishing has been lowered by magnitude via blogs, it is easy to put these reflections up for others to grab and reflect on. The ball is now rolling. Some times, when reading blog posts like these, I wonder if the point of the post is to disagree for the sole purpose of driving traffic and gossip. The problem is not that these people publish. The problem rather is that they get upvoted on a site like this one. The article lacks a number of compelling arguments as to why his viewpoint is true. On the contrary, Grahams article backs the statements up by history.