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From: | Duncan Hull |
Subject: | [Myexperiment-discuss] Google OpenSocial: Grouchos law |
Date: | Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:18:28 +0000 |
User-agent: | Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Macintosh/20070728) |
Hello David De Roure wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/technology/31google.html
Facebook / Google / Microsoft / myExperiment should be wary of "Grouchos law", which contrary to Metcalfes law, says the value of a social network actually *decreases* the bigger it gets :)
"Once everyone is allowed in, some people want to leave. Or, worse still, no longer wish to join..."
see http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~hulld/q2007-11-02.html Duncan -- Duncan Hull http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~hulld/ +44 (0) 161 306 5139
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