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Ugh. I'm so sick of this quote it's guaranteed to get you ignored permanently.
by tsotha 14y ago
Ugh. I'm so sick of this quote it's guaranteed to get you ignored permanently.
- wtracy 14y agoThe quote is still meaningful in the context of social movements, but I agree that using it in the context of market competition is pretty tacky.
- asdfs 14y agoEven in the context of social movements it's rather meaningless when used as a form of argument for something.
- sliverstorm 14y agoSeriously. I still can't figure why anyone would believe that being ignored was proof you were on track to winning, but folks try to make the argument all the time.
- MichaelApproved 14y agoThe expression is not meant as proof that you're on the track to winning, it's meant to encourage you if you're currently being ignored. Sure, being ignored is part of the losing process but it's also part of the winning process. Don't get discouraged just because you're being ignored.
- smallblacksun 14y agoI agree that Gandhi didn't mean that it as proof, but many, many people on the internet use it to mean precisely that.
- sliverstorm 14y agoYup, something alone the lines of, "YOU SEE THAT!? SEE HOW THEY ARE IGNORING US!?! THAT PROVES WE WILL CRUSH THEM!"
- mgkimsal 14y agoUpvoted. I hear this sentiment quite a lot.
- jamesrcole 14y agoI've heard that this quote doesn't come from Gandhi. See for example http://www.dailywritingtips.com/16-misquoted-quotations/ http://www.dailywritingtips.com/16-misquoted-quotations/
- prostoalex 14y agoYep, statistically speaking "First they ignore you, then you die" is the correct version and describes App Store outside of top 50 apps.
- rexreed 14y agoSpot on. Probably the most accurate version would be: "First, your competitors / enemies / adversaries ignore you. If everyone else also ignores you, then you die. If others pay attention to you, then your adversaries laugh at you. If your followers still take you seriously, then you keep living. That makes your adversaries mad, so they fight you. If you can withstand the legal and physical challenges of being fought by someone with deeper pockets or more weapons, then you keep living. If you still have the resources and support to continue, then you win. A sure victory with the peril of a thousand deaths."