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When you launch, they say it's a cool new idea. When you quit, they say it wouldn't work. Why are people so inconsistent?


It's a different group of people that speak up each time.

Group A doesn't care about looking at shut-downs, only at the "blooming opportunities of the Internet." They talk all the time about cool new things. Group B doesn't care about blather, but when Group A asks why something isn't working they'll explain it.


Because people can learn from the experience?




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