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You can see that right here. First few votes make a submission die or get to the front page. And then it's just momentum. IMHO, this is detrimental to quality and doesn't fend off bandwagon bias.
I was surprised at how fast the article came up, even with Sivers being HN gold. But I submitted it because I wanted to see how HN would expand on the topic of leading and following.
It will be interesting how this maps to Open Source. Github has "followers" explicitly. In open source, is the "first contributer" more important? Lots of interesting intersections..
The tricky bit is that I'm not really looking for one-person open source projects to contribute to, so how would I ever notice them? It seems like there's an opportunity here.
As posted on Sivers' blog: Yes, indeed, it is ours - I first heard it back in June 2009, on Seth Godin's blog. It got posted up on Hacker News too. Here's the seth post of the same video, making the same post (though he reckons guy #3 is more important than the first follower): http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/guy-3.html
Guy #2 and #3 were definitely critical here. Both were needed, and in the same order. (Guy #3 didn't seem like he was willing to have been guy #2.)
As posted on Sivers' blog: Yes, indeed, it is ours - I first heard it back in June 2009, on Seth Godin's blog. It got posted up on Hacker News too. Here's the seth post of the same video, making the same post (though he reckons guy #3 is more important than the first follower): http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/guy-3.html
I like Sivers' version because it was more thorough. But it's good to hear the same idea expressed by a new person in a new way. You need new iterations and personalities you trust to make things click. That's essential to them spreading.
The problem like with Gladwell's "Tipping Point" and "Blink" is that they sound actionable but aren't really.
I think Sivers is trying to prove the point that his idea will only become a movement after the first follower joins him. Tricky.
So many people telling me the idea should be developed into a book, but I don't want to, so I was just letting it publicly be known that the idea is up for grabs.
Hoping to encourage someone who wants to run with it, knowing I won't compete.
As posted on Sivers' blog: Yes, indeed, it is ours - I first heard it back in June 2009, on Seth Godin's blog. It got posted up on Hacker News too. Here's the seth post of the same video, making the same post (though he reckons guy #3 is more important than the first follower): http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/guy-3.html
I posted about it on June 6: http://sivers.org/dance-lessons
Seth posted on June 10: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/guy-3.html
Not being competitive. Just making it clear I wasn't copying Seth's idea.
As posted on Sivers' blog: Yes, indeed, it is ours - I first heard it back in June 2009, on Seth Godin's blog. It got posted up on Hacker News too. Here's the seth post of the same video, making the same post (though he reckons guy #3 is more important than the first follower): http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/guy-3.html
Just to be fair: Seth is a friend and I told him about it before he posted about it. I posted about it on June 6: http://sivers.org/dance-lessons Seth posted on June 10: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/06/guy-3.html Not being competitive. Just making it clear I wasn't copying Seth's idea.