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Stupid. Just because traffic is going down doesn't mean the technology or the company doesn't deserve some serious attention: http://singularityhub.com/2009/0

Stupid. Just because traffic is going down doesn't mean the technology or the company doesn't deserve some serious attention: http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/27/wolfram-alpha-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with/ http://singularityhub.com/2009/07/27/wolfram-alpha-a-force-t...

slig 17y ago
If there's no users, why would it deserve so much attention?
- fno 17y ago
  It is completely irrelevant how many users use it. If it is a great tool for just a minority, then it deserves attention in that minority. edit: Am I missing about the number of users deciding about the quality of something? Or why on earth am I getting downmodded? I don't have a problem with that, but I feel stupid and I rather not.
  - ericb 17y ago
    Millions of people can't be wrong!
  - slig 17y ago
    > If it is a great tool for just a minority, then it deserves attention in that minority. Agreed. What I didn't agree was with the "serious attention" you mentioned earlier. btw, I didn't downvote you.
jpwagner 17y ago
"Stupid." The title wasn't "wolfram alpha deserves no attention". A fad is defined by a traffic spike followed by a return to normal. So a group of people checked it out and it didn't stick to them. That's ok. No need for anger.