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A simpler explanation to 'why now?' is that more people are online now than ever before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_users_per_100_inhabitants_1
by sajid 15y ago
A simpler explanation to 'why now?' is that more people are online now than ever before:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_users_per_100_inhabitants_1997-2007_ITU.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_users_per_100_inh...
Sites (even niche sites) which would previously have only appealed to a small number of users can now attract millions of users.
- delinka 15y ago"...more people are online now than ever before" or, from the article, "we finally have an Internet of people."
- sajid 15y agoErm, cdixon is talking about trust and reputation. I'm saying it's sheer numbers.
- delinka 15y agoI read both as talking about numbers. "you can get background information on almost any prospective counterparty by searching Google, Facebook etc." Reading that quote, I don't intuit anything about trust and reputation, but simply indexing data. He also talks about key dependencies becoming widespread--broadband, digital cameras. That's discussing numbers. I'll admit I might have a problem reading between the lines, but with such a short post and no additional information, I stand by my interpretation.