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"What is really puzzling is that the backlash against Anderson’s ideas has taken this long to happen." Umm, it didn't. Almost as quickly as his book was publis
by mattmaroon 17y ago
"What is really puzzling is that the backlash against Anderson’s ideas has taken this long to happen."
Umm, it didn't. Almost as quickly as his book was published, everyone pointed out that the data sets he based his theory on were deeply flawed, and in fact proved the opposite. He admitted so on his own blog.
- davidmathers 17y agoHe admitted so on his own blog. I remember him saying that the new data didn't really change anything and explaining why the long tail idea was still valid. edit: This is what I was thinking of: http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/06/excellent-hbr-p.html http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/06/excellent-hbr-... So in the data she cites, the head of the online music market represents 32% of the all plays, and the tail represents 68%. That's certainly no challenge to the Long Tail theory; indeed, it's even more tail-heavy than the data I cited in my book (probably because I used a more generous estimate of 50,000 tracks for Wal-Mart's inventory).