Promoting D

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

hasen wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>> It looks to me that Walter's points aren't about convincing people to 
>>> use it, but to show that you are using it, that there are customers.
>>
>> That's right. It's called "social proof". 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Proof
>>
>> Apple, for example, uses social proof as the central theme in its 
>> marketing campaigns.
>>
>> Back in the 1970's, Dr. Pepper hilariously used social proof in their 
>> oxymoronic campaign "join the non-conformists!"
> 
> Social proof eh? hmm interesting. That's why I decided to learn vim, not 
> because I felt or thought I needed to, but because it *seemed* that 
> /real/ programmers use vim. You know what I mean?

Absolutely. Some of the best dating advice I've ever got: just be yourself.

No, I was kidding :o). It was: be seen with women. It's social proof.


Andrei