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Tim Chambers

I agree:

"The network effect is the only thing the closed social platforms have going for themselves....
by the time the #Fediverse has sufficient numbers of users, it’s game over for proprietary social networks...
Note that the critical 'sufficient number of users' can likely be substantially smaller than the user populations of those closed networks...because all value accrues to users...For many of my own use cases...the Fediverse has critical mass today already."

reb00ted.org/tech/20230322-ope

22 Mar 2023 at 23:40 | Open on indieweb.social
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Johannes Ernst

@tchambers:

Somebody agrees with me! Wow! What happened? 🙂

22 Mar 2023 at 23:53 | Open on social.coop
volkris

@tchambers

But this argument seems to miss the very importance of the network effect, so it comes across as both circular and Pollyannish.

The network effect drives growth and provides value. Heck yeah, that’s the thing the successful platforms have going for them, but to say Fediverse will match that value once it has lots of people misses that without first having that value it will have trouble attracting those lots of people.

It’s like saying the only thing dollars have over Bitcoin is that they’re accepted so broadly.

Well… yeah.

@tchambers

But this argument seems to miss the very importance of the network effect, so it comes across as both circular and Pollyannish.

The network effect drives growth and provides value. Heck yeah, that’s the thing the successful platforms have going for them, but to say Fediverse will match that value once it has lots of people misses that without first having that value it will have trouble attracting those lots of people.

23 Mar 2023 at 0:22 | Open on qoto.org
Aaron Lord :csharp:

@tchambers “It’s entirely open for innovation, and innovators are building furiously as we speak. By its nature, it’s permanently locked open for innovation, and there is no danger of ever getting cut off from an API, facing sudden connection charges or drawing the wrath of a gazillionaire.”

23 Mar 2023 at 0:30 | Open on hachyderm.io
Michele Yee :infinity_rainbow:

@tchambers

Agreed. I’m never going back to corporate, centralized social media. Honestly, I find it difficult to understand why anyone would at this point. It’s so clear now how much time is spent gaming/circumventing the algorithm. Such a waste of effort.

23 Mar 2023 at 0:58 | Open on neurodifferent.me
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@Micheleyee @tchambers

next thing you know you get t f outta paying fossil fuel and mechanics' rip off industries.. w. an ev !? wow

23 Mar 2023 at 1:12 | Open on mastodon.online
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