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hmmm... what would be weird would be if people tended to exhibit herd behavior, and go to the restaurants that have the most people because they must be the best ones.

If that were the case, Joel would have a financial incentive to claim that people were buying his software just as much today. I mean, especially if he were super savvy at marketing his software on his blog. hmm...



Could be. Or maybe he's just telling the truth. Do you have evidence of Joel being dishonest before? His blog doesn't feel like it is, to me.


I didn't claim that he wasn't telling the truth.


But isn't that exactly the way people behave0?




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