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So if open ecosystem is always going to beat a closed one, why didn't Discourse beat Facebook? Why didn't App.net beat Twitter? Why didn't Linux beat Windows on

• quarterto 13y ago
  > why didn't Discourse beat Facebook? a) they're aiming more for phpBB et al b) they launched a year ago
  • veeti 13y ago
    He probably meant Diaspora.
    • josteink 13y ago
      In that case they lost because their conceptual model was so complex that even a reasonably technical user trying to sign up would give up trying to get an account, trying to figure out what a "hub" was and how you would get one. And I mean that on top of network effect. And the fact that it was mismanaged. And that it was mostly vapour-ware. It hardly had a chance.
• nl 13y ago
  why didn't Discourse beat Facebook? Why didn't App.net beat Twitter? Why didn't Linux beat Windows on desktops? I've never heard of Discourse. App.net didn't beat Twitter because of network effects. And it costs more. Windows has a very open ecosystem. It's not open source. Arguably the parent has missed the difference between open source and open ecosystem. The iPad has a moderately open ecosystem too - though less open than Android (which in some ways is less open than Windows since it has a centralised distribution method).
• josteink 13y ago
  > Why didn't App.net beat Twitter? Because App.net cost money ($50 per head/year iirc) and twitter despite being a closed service was free (as in beer). App.net didn't have a chance.
• Grue3 13y ago
  >why didn't Discourse beat Facebook Did you mean Diaspora? Also, those are not "ecosystems".