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"The larger point here is that when groups get larger, it’s an exponential change, not a linear one" --- this sentence is a big pet peeve of mine. It's not expo
by qihqi 7y ago
"The larger point here is that when groups get larger, it’s an exponential change, not a linear one" --- this sentence is a big pet peeve of mine. It's not exponential, its quadratic. I get that the author trying to say superlinear and the distinction of exponential vs. quadratic doesn't feel much. However, if "math" is mentioned in every paragraph, better get the math right.
- owens99 7y agoThis is a very worthy nitpick.
- fxtentacle 7y agoThe entire article looks like an attempt to package common sense in a pseudo-scientific way. Typical VC advise stuff, I'd say.
- amirhirsch 7y agoIt seems like the author is misusing the term “network effects” (superlinear value growth with more users) and confounding it with “your network” aka “who you know.”
- johnsimer 7y agoA Network’s value actually usually grows n log n, not n^2, if you assume the values of the nodes have a Gaussian distribution.
- naasking 7y agoDo you have a link where I can read about this?