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==Paradigms==
==Paradigms==


1. ToDo
What we see happening now: Microsoft buys Facebook, Google wants to muscle in on Facebook...
 


==Timing==
==Timing==

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Metcalfe's law applied to social networks

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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

Inhibitors

1. ToDo

Paradigms

What we see happening now: Microsoft buys Facebook, Google wants to muscle in on Facebook...

Timing

2010: ....

2015: ....

2020: ....

2025: ....

Web Recources

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law
  2. http://vcmike.wordpress.com/2006/08/18/metcalfe-social-networks/