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Stuff that would have gotten ten recommendations now gets hundreds of claps. Stuff that would have gotten hundreds now gets thousands. Stuff that would have gotten thousands now gets tens of thousands. Stuff that would have gotten ten…

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Aug 25, 2017·1 min read

I think this is called validation inflation.

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Inventor of the hashtag. Ever-curious product designer and technologist. Previously: Google, Uber, Molly (YC W18).

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