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“Social network death spiral: How Metcalfe’s Law can work against you” |
Andrew Chen posted an article about the relationship of social networks and Metcalfe’s Law:
Funny enough, everyone always talks about Metcalfe’s Law like it’s a good thing, and they say that because they assume that N is increasing! But let’s consider the opposite: If Metcalfe’s Law says that your network grows value competed by N^2, then Eflactem’s Law states the reverse. It says:
As you lose users, the value of your network is decreases exponentially (doh!)
Read the full article: Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen: Social network death spiral: How Metcalfe’s Law can work against you
