Yuuup. A huge portion of the value of a lot of networks is in the sheer size of them - you're much more likely to write content people are interested in, and fi

Yuuup. A huge portion of the value of a lot of networks is in the sheer size of them - you're much more likely to write content people are interested in, and find content to read that you find interesting. For a lot of these things, making a better product is the easy part. Getting enough people using them so that they start being useful and valuable is the hard part. This is the exact reason why, after reading a book on market design and matching markets, I pretty much simultaneously realized that A) I could make a better dating app user experience than Tinder etc, and B) I don't have the marketing skills and resources needed to get a lot of people using it, so it's pointless.