Comments on: Once Again, the Long Tail Refuses to Be Buried http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/ Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Beta Is Dead http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152124 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:00:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152124 [...] Anderson, editor of Wired and author of “The Long Tail,” agrees. “I’m a big fan of ‘release early and often,’ so if [...]

]]> By: The Long Tail : Theory or Ideology « JOYSTICK http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152123 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:51:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152123 [...] Long Tail : Theory or Ideology In internet, media on November 12, 2008 at 11:12 am Given the ongoing and at time spicy debate that surrounds the Long Tail, as presented by WIRED’s Chris [...]

]]> By: Chris Anderson http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152122 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:18:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152122 Chris Anderson here. Matthew, many thanks for the clear and thorough summary of the various debates. I just wanted to correct one thing: I’m very much still the editor of Wired (not “former”)!

]]> By: Leo Clark http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152121 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:02:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152121 Yes, it is true, Steve. I am a believer!
I would not go as far as to call it a religion, but ok.
Having witnessed the “Long Tail” effect during a great part of my life, I prefer to rely on real world experiences rather than theory and graphics.

A long time before I read and loved the book, I realized that what was happening was a “flattening” of the power pyramid. Meaning the few powerful people on top were being crushed together with the weak majority at the bottom.
If you cut this pyramid in the middle, it is pretty similar to the Long Tail.

But, for me, the important thing is that everywhere the powerful relied on control of content production and distribution, we now see a complete different picture.

As a musician, I had 2 records released on major labels (Universal and Sony/BMG) and I do not need to tell anyone how the music industry is today.

As an editor/producer/director for TV and film industry, I have seen companies that used to profit from renting equipment (1998 – average cost for a professional editing bay – us$ 150.000,00), that are now competing with teenagers who own equivalent gear (2004 – average cost of us$ 5000,00 or less) to produce content.
It all happened in 6 years. Now, for us$ 1000,00 you are all set!
These are a just a few examples. I am sure that almost everyone has seen something similar.

And, although I do not believe in religion, I think that politics are the best example of how rotten the human spirit can be.
I really hope that some day we will live in a world with very few (or none!) politicians. The last Long Tail barrier ;)

I thank GigaOm’s blog and Steve’s comments for my inspiration.

Leo, from Rio.

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LeoClark

]]> By: Steve http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152120 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:14:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152120 Facts beat faith every time: the Long Tail as a religion is in a lot of trouble.

The interesting part of the Page study is omitted from this blog post: digital distribution resembles a lognormal distribution, not a Pareto (or “Power Law”) curve.

But people don’t want to hear something that contradicts their religion.

“It is all about power. And the internet is the tool to democratize it. ” – Leo Clark.

No, politics is your tool for changing power. Not a blog or wiki.

]]> By: Leo Clark http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152119 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:21:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152119 It is really hard to believe that people keep on trying to fight the obvious! Why can’t they learn to live with this new reality? It is all about power. And the internet is the tool to democratize it. I hope that one day we will live the Long Tail of politics and make the world a better place. Peace!

]]> By: The Long Tail : Theory or Ideology « david touve http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152118 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:12:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152118 [...] Long Tail : Theory or Ideology 12Nov08 Given the ongoing and at time spicy debate that surrounds the Long Tail, as presented by WIRED’s Chris [...]

]]> By: John Furrier http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152117 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:38:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152117 Great to see you posting here on the OM Network. The long tail will never die and it will remain relevant for some time. The problem is that monetizing it is impossible to do today. Also the notion of rolling up the long tail can only be done under one condition … I’ll be holding this secret for a a few more months.. but there is a way to roll up the long tail and make money..

The answer is buried in my site http://furrier.org

]]> By: GigaOm: Another place to find me — mathewingram.com/work http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152116 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:37:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152116 [...] readers looking closely at this blog post at GigaOm about Chris Anderson’s Long Tail theory might notice that it has my name on it. [...]

]]> By: Rizwan http://gigaom.com/2008/11/11/once-again-the-long-tail-refuses-to-be-buried/#comment-152115 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:49:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=28819#comment-152115 Doesn’t Long Tail theory apply to Obama’s fund raising strategy!

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