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| Topic | I know this is a ridiculous question to ask, but what's a good way to judge.... |
| Sahuagin 07/30/18 11:32:19 PM #17: | as long as you're not looking for absolute certainty or precision, number of sales is a good way to estimate popularity, yes. something that sells extremely well is very probably more popular than something that sells extremely poorly. in fact, that might even make it "popular" by definition. but there are too many variables to be able to generalize that much further, I think. or at least there would start to be a lot of exceptions. examples may include: - a "deeper" concept will tend to have more sales without necessarily more popularity, both in terms of number of transactions and value of each transaction. - a product could be artificially limited, necessitating repeat sales. the fact that light-bulbs burn out and we have to continually buy more of them does not mean it has more popularity than if we didn't. - fads/hype. popularity in the short term doesn't necessarily imply popularity in the long term. something short lived does not necessarily have more popularity than something long lived, even if it has more sales in the short term. etc? --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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