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I love it when people still cite The Long Tail, years after every bit of data it was based on turned out to be false. It's the tech industry's favorite pipe dre
by mattmaroon 14y ago
I love it when people still cite The Long Tail, years after every bit of data it was based on turned out to be false. It's the tech industry's favorite pipe dream, but digital distribution simply does not change the 80/20 rule.
- barrkel 14y agoI always understood the long tail not as a fat tail, but rather something that enriches middlemen who can afford to "stock" a much wider range than a brick and mortar store. That is, the only way to get rich off the long tail is to aggregate over it. You won't get rich by being a tiny slice in it.