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Doesn't the same thing apply to Facebook when it started? Myspace, Friendster, and all other competitors had a ton more users and strong network effects back in
by xxbondsxx 14y ago
Doesn't the same thing apply to Facebook when it started? Myspace, Friendster, and all other competitors had a ton more users and strong network effects back in 2004. Facebook offered a better experience though, and so users were willing to switch despite network effects (and even maintain multiple accounts for a period of time)
- streptomycin 14y agoNot even remotely comparable. The vast majority of current Facebook users had no social networking accounts before they signed up for Facebook. Now, Facebook is entrenched. That's not to say it was easy to make Facebook succeed, or that it would be impossible to make a service outcompete Facebook now. But it was certainly far easier to unseat the king back then than it is now.