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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8641750" data-attributes="member: 86653">Because that's true. Popularity and sales don't equal quality. As the next post states:The bit people selectively skip over is the reverse is also true. People are terrible at differentiating between "I like it" and "it is good." When we like things, we go out of our way to justify liking it by pointing out things that support our claim. Likewise when we don't like things.Sales =/= quality. If that were the case, then A Tale of Two Cities is the #1 best novel ever written in English and the #9 best novel ever written in English is the Da Vinci Code. Harry Potter would be the #1 best series of novels ever written in English and Goosebumps would be the #2 best series of novels ever written in English. If you can think of a single novel or series of books you like better than those, you have two choices. Either you're objectively wrong as sales = quality or the formulation of sales = quality is wrong.It's the latter. Sales =/= quality. What we like we like. And we feel the need to justify that like. Simple as.Ignore capitalism and use your own judgement. If you think something is quality, it is. It's a subjective opinion, not an objective fact. That it sells well is an objective fact. That doesn't translate into quality.It's not about winning or being right. It's about what you like and dislike. It's a subjective opinion, not an objective fact. It's not a math problem to be solved. No one needs to or can prove they're right. Cigarettes sell billions, but they're bad for you. Soda sells billions, but they're bad for you. But, since those sell well, you're objectively wrong if you don't think they're quality products that everyone should consume. See how weird that argument gets when you think about it for even a second.It's also the lowest common denominator. Sales typically reveal an inverse of quality. The more bland something is the more widely popular it can be. The more unique something is, the smaller its audience.You ever like something that's unpopular? Why'd you like it? Were you objectively wrong for liking it because there wasn't a crowd of people who agreed with you?</blockquote>

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