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   Evan Prodromou

   Every single social network was built with a winner-take-all model. Walled garden, no interop. And guess what? The winner's taking all.

   Wednesday, 07-Jul-10 21:30:51 UTC from evan.status.net at Steinway, New York, United States
   • Evan Prodromou, Mike Linksvayer and Matt Lee and 6 others like this.
   • Mike Linksvayer, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn and Kragen Javier Sitaker repeated this.
   • James Westby

     @evan in a do-over, knowing the result, then the large payoff would probably still entice them repeat. Much like buying a lottery ticket.

     Wednesday, 07-Jul-10 21:40:08 UTC
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     Evan Prodromou

     On http://ur1.ca/0lppp 54 "social networking" sites with 780M UVs/mo. Of that, 540M UVs for Facebook. So, what do those other 53 do now?

     Thursday, 08-Jul-10 20:07:06 UTC
   • Jason Riedy

     @evan Laugh all the way to the bank? Constant user base + decreasing costs = profit?

     Thursday, 08-Jul-10 20:18:27 UTC
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     Evan Prodromou Jason Riedy

     @jasonriedy I don't think you make money from inactive users, unless you've got a subscription model.

     Friday, 09-Jul-10 00:23:15 UTC
   • Jason Riedy

     @evan Ah, I misread that page as giving per-month statistics. Thanks!

     Friday, 09-Jul-10 00:36:34 UTC
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     Evan Prodromou Jason Riedy

     @jasonriedy I believe it is unique visitors per month. But if you make money from ads, e.g., you need active users.

     Friday, 09-Jul-10 00:48:10 UTC