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minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s not growth for the sake of growth, it’s growth for the sake of network effects. More users = more content. I can’t be the only one to feel the draw to Reddit since there’s still often more active discussions there.
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoOnly a fraction of any users on any platform actually post anything. You can already see that number of posts isn’t slowing in the third graph. This is a perfectly healthy for a new platform in a competitive environment. Look at Twitter’s early growth for a similar story. !!< Here’s tweets over that period + further
It’s not growth for the sake of growth, it’s growth for the sake of network effects.
More users = more content. I can’t be the only one to feel the draw to Reddit since there’s still often more active discussions there.
Only a fraction of any users on any platform actually post anything. You can already see that number of posts isn’t slowing in the third graph.
This is a perfectly healthy for a new platform in a competitive environment.
Look at Twitter’s early growth for a similar story.
Here’s tweets over that period + further