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by mseebach 5343 days ago
The long tail exists, full stop. What doesn't exist is an entitlement to be successful in leveraging it towards a certain end.
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I don't say anywhere that the full tail doesn't exist, do I? I simply point out that it's very lucrative for the platform provider and not very compelling for a content provider.

What counts is attention not access: there is no long tail of attention, full stop.