Hot take: Metcalfe’s Law is missing a negative cubic term or something that doesn’t have an appreciable effect until n is very large.
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(That’s wrong in that either the value of the network doesn’t decrease because the cost is born by users or in that it’s true only in the discounted value that incorporates future expectations...but there is something in there I think.)
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Replying to @generativist
Is this in the case of n log n substituted for n^2 for large values of n?
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Replying to @ewlamy
Maybe? I think I need to think about it more. Ore review actual lit on it because I think it’s a weak heuristic but I have no idea.
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