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A $250 million bet that social is just getting started
- Tycho 16y agoAn interesting property of social network websites occurred to me today: the bigger something like Facebook becomes, the greater its inertia, and the less it is able to change direction and compete. What I mean is, having your grandparents, parents, in-laws, bosses, etc. all on Facebook starts to become very limiting. Many people will feel much more inhibited about what they can write/broadcast, and therefore may look for fresh social networks where they can act differently. So, yes, I think Social is just getting started. And the money making aspect of it is definitely just getting started. I can imagine sites like say a SN for hackers - so you can bitch about the Swing framework to people who understand and wont think you're a ridiculous geek.