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Network effects make this time around substantially different. Note that some of the leading products from that era that benefited from network effects, such as
by natrius 17y ago
Network effects make this time around substantially different. Note that some of the leading products from that era that benefited from network effects, such as AIM, are still around today.
- theli0nheart 17y agoThere we go again with "this time is different". Yes, AIM is still around today, but it's clearly nearing the end of its days: http://google.com/trends?q=aol+instant+messenger%2C+facebook+chat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 http://google.com/trends?q=aol+instant+messenger%2C+facebook.... This is a prime example of one technology replacing another. It's extremely naive to think that it'll stop with Facebook and friends.
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- natrius 17y agoBy the time AIM is irrelevant, AIM and its AOL subscriber-only predecessor will have been important for at least two decades. That is not a short period of time, and its demise could have easily been avoided with a tiny bit of foresight, not that I would've done any better. Facebook won't be around forever, but it's hard to see how it would be dethroned within the next decade.