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by whitepoplar 3288 days ago
Long tail doesn't necessarily mean that the tail makes up most of the distribution. A long tail can make up a majority, or minority, of the total distribution.

E.g. 80% of revenue coming from 1,000 customers. 20% of revenue coming from 100,000 customers

or

20% of revenue coming from 1,000 customers. 80% revenue coming from 100,000 customers.

The latter is more fat-tailed.