November 18th, 2007
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The Long Tail doesn’t only define the new economics of culture and commerce; it also defines the new economics of relationships.
My new favorite idea is The Long Tail of Pain - how social media allows us to find pain anytime, anyplace, in any form. (Twitter)
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ROFL! Love this one!
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You are a fun-funny guy!
BTW where are you on the stick?
R
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gosh this is so funny…..
couldn’t stop laughing… and it is possibly true
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[...] … this is funny … and [...]
@Rajesh: Let’s just say that I’m really stretching the long tail to its limits.
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[...] his knowledge of the Long Tail [not to be mistaken with the simian god] to …what else, the economics of relationships [hat tip: [...]
Fantastic post… I pray no man ends up at stage 4…
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[...] The Long Tail of Pain | Gauravonomics Blog Heh … my new favorite idea is The Long Tail of Pain - how social media allows us to find pain anytime, anyplace, in any form (tags: gauravmishra longtail web2.0) [...]
What about stage 5? She gets dumped for a 22 year trophy wife, gets nothing because of the pre-nup, and ends up on Facebook again?
BPSK
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@BPSK: Ah! You read my ‘Economics of Pre-Nuptial Agreements’ post!
By the way, the thing with a long tail curve is that it never meets the X axis. So, there is no end to our man’s social networking misery.
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Lovely. Additionally, I would have liked to see a first stage that says “Girlfriend shows indications of wanting to break up”
* Other guys hug/poke her on facebook.
* A-list blogger gets added to her blogroll
* More guys follow her on Twitter
* She writes password protected posts on her blog and does not let you know the password
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clever!
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[...] my earlier post about the Long Tail of Pain, I just drew a diagram of how social media allows us to experience pain anytime, anyplace, in any [...]
[...] What can I say? Marriage, childbirth, divorce: it’s the circle of life. I do hope that Michael and Marlene unfollow each other so that they don’t have to suffer through the long tail of pain. [...]