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The network effect[1] means anyone is not perfectly able to start a competitor. Well, they can start one, but it is not like starting a competing store or resta
by Hnrobert42 6y ago
The network effect[1] means anyone is not perfectly able to start a competitor. Well, they can start one, but it is not like starting a competing store or restaurant.
The comparison to the CCP does seem like an unnecessary stretch. Yelp’s new feature is bad enough on its own. The comparison to the CCP gilds the lily.
1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
- esotericimpl 6y agoThen you should petition the government to break up their monopolies. I forgot I was speaking with conservative trash. the free market is perfect except when they get called on being trashy racists. Then it’s a big problem!
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- threatofrain 6y agoThe network effect is the least sympathetic business moat to run up against, because it's saying "you are way too popular" and nothing else. Very different from talking about restaurants or stores where you have geographic control, which is a far more odious form of monopoly (competition is restricted because the customers cannot reach competitors). Very different from talking about how Yelp owns the underlying infrastructure (roads, the web, etc.) that makes their business possible.