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Early adopters and inverted social proof (2011)

by lisa_henderson on 9/11/15, 9:08 PM with 1 comments

  • by hugh4 on 9/11/15, 9:14 PM

    > But in a new social product, there is no social proof. The groups, if they exist at all, will be sparse and ill-defined. So with no social insights to be gained, what brings in the early adopters?

    Or maybe they just want the cool new gadget and aren't actually busy trying to signal things?