@BrodieOnLinux @qdot I find this to be the worst way to decide a #TechStack.

• If #IT was developed and maintained that way, we'd not have #Linux or even #Windows, most likely not even #CPM & #UNIX because "everyone uses punchcards and tubes, so stop complaining!"...

#NetworkEffects are #toxic when it comes to #SaaS and #proprietary shite, regardless if the bad guys are #discord, #Autodesk, #Adobe, #Apple or #Microsoft for that matter. (Don't even get me started on #SAP & #Oracle!)…

• I just don't vibe with that appeal and would rather #SelfHost than compromise. If that makes me an outlyer then I'm happy to pay that price!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114623174796828016

But if I was wrong, I 'd not be called upon as a Linux #Sysadmin and to act as "#BenevolentDictator" in terms of Tech Stack Decisions...

Will AI do too much — or already is?
In our latest episode, Professor Bailey explores AI’s accelerating role in society and the economy.

🎧 Listen: https://youtu.be/Rnk1ZuEpmns?si=cKKT1Li_PBRYUMuN

#AIethics #NetworkEffects #DigitalPower #TheInternetIsCrack

Why size matters in AI—and how the internet runs on network effects.

🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://youtu.be/Rnk1ZuEpmns?si=QKwN-veeuemiP9Km

#LLM #SLM #NetworkEffects #AIeconomics #TheInternetIsCrack #PodcastClip

🎉🎓 Apparently, some genius dropped a 12-minute #thesis on "network effects" — because clearly, none of us have ever heard of #Facebook 🤔. Spoiler alert: #mistakes were made, but don't worry, there's a book for that. 📚✨
https://madhavajay.com/the-cold-start-problem-using-network-effects-to-scale-your-product/ #networkeffects #bookrecommendation #HackerNews #ngated

The Cold Start Problem: Using Network Effects to Scale Your Product – A Review

https://madhavajay.com/the-cold-start-problem-using-network-effects-to-scale-your-product/

#HackerNews #ColdStartProblem #NetworkEffects #ProductScaling #TechReview #StartupInsights

Monetary goods exhibit extreme winner-take-all dynamics. The market converges on one dominant form due to network effects. Bitcoin's first-mover advantage gives it overwhelming edge in this competition. #NetworkEffects

Network Effects
#NetworkEffects

Microsoft Windows+Office for $55?

What happened?

Usually cheap MSFT license offers are a sign of Linux gains somewhere but I'm not seeing it this time

LibreOffice for Steam OS is taking off?

They're selling at a loss because it makes you train their "AI"?

There's some market share number they need to tweak upward to keep some stock analyst happy?

https://mashable.com/deals/january-24-the-ultimate-mso-pro-2021 #networkEffects

Longform by Liz Pelly at Harper's Magazine on SPOTIFY'S USE OF FAKE MUSICIANS to reduce royalty payouts to real artists. This is a long and indepth article the Spotify user and musician community should read in full.

Images of the intro in toot, full article 👇

https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/

#Music #MusicBusiness #Spotify #GhostArtists #Fraud #News #Economics #NetworkEffects #enshitification #Capitalism #ParasiticCapitalism #Longform #HarpersMagazine #LizPelly

#NetworkEffects are a very real thing. But I think what folks fail to realize (or just don't think about) is they are rarely organic. So few things happen on their own.

"But they don't have a creator fund!" Yeah, not for you, maybe.

I distinctly remember being excited when NPR suddenly showed up on Twitter with lots of brand accounts. I later learned they were paid to create content there.

I'm talking with a colleague who gave the usual reasons for staying on #X / #Twitter while I gave the usual reasons for moving to #Mastodon.

I found myself making this argument too: I want #SocialMedia to live on #OpenInfrastructure, just as I want research to live on open infrastructure. #NetworkEffects might have made "starting over" on open infra impossible, and even now make it very difficult. But #Musk's odious changes are making it slightly easier and we should take advantage of that."

Regarding:
https://mastodon.social/@reiver/113456445683645336

The Fediverse and decentralized social-media (DeSo) in general needs to be more than just an online social-network.

It also needs to be a developer platform where people create things.

#deso #fediverse #networkEffects

COLLECTIVE-PLATFORM-MIGRATION

#NetworkEffects often organically lock us in. People don't want to move to another platform until their network does

What if regulators mandated dominant platforms have a function allowing users to collectively migrate?
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to flag that when a certain tipping point (x%) of their network has flagged it is willing to move to platform Y, then they are willing to have their account automatically transferred, together with that of their network, to the new platform

"This article assumes that in order to advance the decarbonisation of fossil-based socio-economic systems it is first necessary to ‘deactivate’ the related fossil machine: to investigate how to do so we propose a new reticular approach. The article adopts this approach to investigate the deactivation of the... fossil machine built around a group of coal plants in Civitavecchia...whose planned conversion to gas was eventually abandoned."

#EnergyPolicy
#NetworkEffects

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629624002469?dgcid=rss_sd_all

Hear Jordan Kostelac explain how Deploy solves the geographical coverage of venture capital scouts with network effects https://youtube.com/shorts/HXqxh6AQ12k

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@analyseasia/video/7378362067184618768?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7198703856800581122
Main Site: https://www.analyse.asia/proptech-in-2024-deploy-startup-venture-jordan-kostelac/
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#venturecapital #venturescouts #duediligence #networkeffects #expertnetworks

Supply Chain Operating Networks are revolutionizing the industry.

Ever wondered how the role of network effects could enhance resilience and collaboration in your supply chain management?

Dive deeper:
https://supplychain360.io/supply-chain-operating-networks-evolution-and-role-of-network-effects

#SupplyChain #NetworkEffects #BusinessTransformation

Are you ready to make the strategic pivot towards network effects management for a resilient supply chain?

Delve deeper:https://supplychain360.io/strategic-shift-embracing-network-effects-supply-chain-management-wordpress-article/

#SupplyChain #NetworkEffects #SCONs

»Let's #BeReal About #Consumer: We all have the #apps and services we use on a daily basis. It's extremely hard to dislodge both because of #habits and for social apps, #networkeffects.« https://spyglass.org/being-real/?eicker.news #tech #media

"Other social networks like MySpace and Vine had their moments, only to eventually fade into obscurity.

There are three possible reasons network effects can backfire, according to research from #CatherineTucker, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management."

#BobbyAllyn, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1168232177/twitter-tik-tok-replaced-network

#SocialMedia #NetworkEffects #MIT