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Many reasons. Network effects, competition from private platforms, and no clear benefit. A national social network would not have the incentives to improve the
by gostsamo 6y ago
Many reasons. Network effects, competition from private platforms, and no clear benefit. A national social network would not have the incentives to improve the user experience. Wherever a state has its own national network, it is through a private company and the outside competition had been removed in one way or another: Russia, Iran, China.
- Raed667 6y agoThe clear benefit is that it removes reliance on 3rd parties for something that has become critical infrastructure to most of the world. They would still compete with private social networks over market-share, and probably can attract top talent like 18F does [0] [0] https://18f.gsa.gov/ https://18f.gsa.gov/
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