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Comment by Robert Metcalfe
Engineer; Ethernet inventor; 3Com cofounder
The value (A*N^2) of particular social networks has been growing with broadband and mobile Internet access.
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(2006)
7mo ago
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Quote attributed to Robert Metcalfe (2006), from his guest blog post "Metcalfe's Law Recurses Down the Long Tail of Social Networks" on VCMike's blog. WebFetch on the WordPress source URL returned HTTP 403. Web search confirms verbatim the exact passage: "the value (A*N^2) of particular social networks has been growing with broadband and mobile Internet access." Vote "against" "digital services deteriorate as they scale up" correctly aligns with Metcalfe's Law thesis (value grows ~N^2). Marking ai_unverifiable due to source URL blocking.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 1mo ago
replying to Robert Metcalfe