#NetworkEffect

Martin NuttyAre liberals abandoning <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BlueSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueSky</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#X</a>? That’s what the headline reads in this <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NewYorker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewYorker</a> article which forces the reader to consume <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NateSilver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NateSilver</a> musings before approaching the headline subjectAlternative <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> such as BlueSky or <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> has seen a decline in posting volume following an initial anti <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Twitter</a> surgeThe big question is why many liberals remained or have chosen to return to X given <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> toxicity. Is it simply the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkEffect</a>?<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/social-media-is-navigating-its-sectarian-phase" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/social-media-is-navigating-its-sectarian-phase</a>

Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The upshot is "Howard’s entire channel has now been deleted by YouTube, which cited copyright infringement." <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ALPHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ALPHA</a> aka @Google cloaking <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> of significant misleading public claims by powerful people as "Copyright infringement." I wonder when enough people will pitch Alpha's services in revulsion of their support of the fascists and science deniers, and what needs to happen to make it easy for people to leave. And I wonder how the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> might enable this.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkEffect</a> is a powerful trap - and it will take people far more creative (and tech savy) than I am to build the tools to transition - tools that ordinary mortals (and especially their parents/grandparents [yes I know, that's ageismm, but I'm old]) can easily use.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/fda-official-youtube-videos?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/fda-official-youtube-videos?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a>

SamanthaCurrent read! I really enjoy the Murderbot books. The main character is very relatable. It's the only AI I accept. Alongside ART from the second book. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Murderbot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Murderbot</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NetworkEffect?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkEffect</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MarthaWells?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarthaWells</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ScienceFiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ScienceFictionBooks?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceFictionBooks</a>

murderfox"Confession: I didn't know what the engines were supposed to look like, exactly. I'd never had to guard a transport's engines, and they were usually too boring to show on the entertainment media."<a href="https://babka.social/tags/murderbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#murderbot</a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkEffect</a> (by <a href="https://wandering.shop/@marthawells" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@marthawells</a>)me (visions of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StarTrek</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LowerDecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LowerDecks</a> swimming through my mind): but that's where the warp core is! everyone loves the warp core! it makes soothing sounds!<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/audiobookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#audiobookstodon</a>

QuincyI wish everyone would just leave that disgusting <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#github</a> already.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkEffect</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/UnplugTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnplugTrump</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/QuitGAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuitGAFAM</a>

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@thevril" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@thevril</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceState</a>👉Which <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Messenger</a> To Replace the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataKraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataKraken</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> with? 👈<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FightTechnofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FightTechnofeudalism</a>(2/n) ... I've pointed out in an older thread 🧵 here and Cory <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> in a now famous speech about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>, there's the severe lock-in effect, the negative aspects of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkEffect</a>.There are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMPP</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Matrix</a>, the "ancient" and "obvious" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> choices. I've never used them but from what I've read, they were never able to gain much market share and are...

bojkotiMalbona<a href="https://mstdn.social/@janantos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@janantos</a> Dumbing down the public should be avoided because people just remain dumb. As people pile onto lemmy.world & mastodon.social, for example, you have yet another centralized detriment. The <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/networkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#networkEffect</a> is a problem that cannot be countered by hoping people will proceed with baby step progress. They find something that “works” as far as they can tell & stop right there, disregarding the power imbalance. Thereafter, it’s a very hard to sell a trade of convenience for power balance and diversity.Convenience wins every time. The way to overcome this is to impose a 1st step that avoids network effect.In fact it would be better to push your correspondents onto a client that is feature poor to condition them to develop the mental plasticity of using different tools for different jobs. <a href="https://c.im/@sbb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sbb</a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/@debacle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@debacle</a> <a href="https://cascarilla.social/@nirro" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@nirro</a> <a href="https://gultsch.social/@daniel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@daniel</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dino" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dino</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Monal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Monal</a>

petersuberWatching with interest:A New Social <a href="https://www.anew.social/hello-social-web/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.anew.social/hello-social-web/</a>"We're A New Social, a new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonprofit</a> organization focused on building cross-protocol tools and services for the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSocial</a> web…We need to have…The Last <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkEffect</a>, where users are on a combined network using platforms embracing <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenProtocols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenProtocols</a>. This enables people to choose platforms based on their needs rather than how many users are active on them."<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ATprotocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATprotocol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BridgyFed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BridgyFed</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenProtocols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenProtocols</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@anewsocial</a>

WoefdramThe Ulysses Pact: I had never heard of that, but I've lived by it for years.Excellent article (as usual) by <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> that explains why you should never put much effort into a platform that you can't leave without a cost. Don't get locked in, don't let the Network Effect bite you in the behind.<a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast</a><a href="https://procolix.social/tags/UlyssesPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UlyssesPact</a> <a href="https://procolix.social/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetworkEffect</a> <a href="https://procolix.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>

Robert Riemann 🇪🇺A loud part of the Fediverse (majority or not 🤷) is afraid of federation with <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#threads</a>. I disagree! For many organisations, this is a chance to escape the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/networkeffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#networkeffect</a> and improve <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> compliance. They can have a data-protection friendly presence in the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> and still have followers who choose to have their accounts on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillanceCapitalism</a> platforms. I hope that (a) Instagram accounts get also access to Fediverse content (b) they implement moving servers. 😉 <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/teamDatenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teamDatenschutz</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/EUVoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EUVoice</a>

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