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Twitter has proven that not even that would matter. Network effects are too powerful. People use Reddit therefore people will use Reddit. Once a company has a
by api 3y ago
Twitter has proven that not even that would matter. Network effects are too powerful. People use Reddit therefore people will use Reddit.
Once a company has a large enough network effect they can do almost anything and people won’t leave. I’ve come to believe that it’s the most powerful form of lock in.
- thumbuddy 3y agoThanks to LLMs traffic can be artificially boosted to the point where ghost towns feel like they have momentum. That problem just won't be getting any better.
- jacquesm 3y agoI actually did quit Twitter and nothing will be able to make me go back there. Principles and all that. But I suspect that the fraction of people that followed through on their statement that they would leave Twitter is super small. I also haven't gone anywhere else and I feel much the better for it.
- redeeman 3y ago[flagged]
- jacquesm 3y agoThis does not follow.
- dang 3y agoHey, can you please stop posting unsubstantive and flamebait comments? We already had to ask you that (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34972773 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34972773) and it's still mostly what your account is doing. We have to ban that sort of account. I don't want to ban you because you've also posted some fine comments - e.g. these: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36234093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36234093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36125818 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36125818 but unfortunately we have to moderate by the bad things people post, not the good things. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.