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I have no problem with any sentence except your first. What you're describing is not what's referred to by snake oil. Snake oil is when you sell a useless prod
by saraid216 14y ago
I have no problem with any sentence except your first.
What you're describing is not what's referred to by snake oil. Snake oil is when you sell a useless product to someone; network effects are not useless. You might argue that advertisers are selling snake oil and network effects are facilitating that, but the issue is not network effects.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoSnake oil is a product that pretends to be something that it is not. I think that's an apt comparison to "network effect" social services that pretend to be one thing, and then flip the script when they reach their plateau.