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That was not my reading of The Long Tail at all. Anderson didn't argue that the zipf distribution was going away; rather, he argued that with collapsing invento
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
That was not my reading of The Long Tail at all. Anderson didn't argue that the zipf distribution was going away; rather, he argued that with collapsing inventory and transactions costs, it is now possible to make money selling a large number of individually-marginal items as well as a few blockbusters.
- access_denied 17y agoYeah, I guess the writer mixed up Seth Godin's and Anderson's writings and felt prey to a misconception. That's quality journalism for you.