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> make you trustworthy Only for those that believe marketing, ie the gullible.

• GFischer 15y ago
  That's a lot of us. Social proof is important, see joshfraser upthread mentioning Sendgrid's numbers give him confidence: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3371877 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3371877 They do nudge me too. See also: http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/27/social-proof-why-people-like-to-follow-the-crowd/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/27/social-proof-why-people-lik...
  • jpdoctor 15y ago
    > That's a lot of us. Proof by assertion, again, which is what the numbers-advertising game is all about.