Metcalfe's law applied to social networks
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Metcalfe's law applied to social networks
This page is under construction by Daniel Peters EMBA09. In case of any questions/remarks or if you feel like sharing thoughts on the topic, by all means contact me.
Description:
Metcalfe's law states that the value of a (telecommunications) network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n2) [1]. Metcalfe's law has also been said to appy to (social) networking websites such as Wikipedia, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.
Enablers:
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Inhibitors:
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Paradigms:
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Timing:
2010: ....
2015: ....
2020: ....
2025: ....
References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law
Web Resources:
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