Public Stats: Twitter and YouTube make me care(gettingmoreawesome.com)
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Public Stats: Twitter and YouTube make me care
http://www.gettingmoreawesome.com/2011/03/24/twitter-and-youtube-make-me-care/
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Checking stats on something (how many followers someone has, or how many views a video has) is definitely a useful heuristic for deciding if something is worthy of your ever-more-precious attention. They call this "social proof."
Good point. It is pretty much equivalent to Customer Testimonials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihUt-163gZI