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		zitterbewegung on June 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Social-Media Influencers Aren't Getting Rich–They'... Its like the people in a profession make as much as a standard distribution or something or even a multimodal one (extremely high earners, average and low earners). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimodal_distribution

noelwelsh on June 18, 2024 [–]

More like a power law (specifically, Pareto distribution). E.g. https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/L...

geodel on June 18, 2024 | [–]

Yes, power law is more appropriate for fan following professions. Multi-modal fits lawyers, MBAs etc.

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