Metcalfe's law applied to social networks

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

• Reduction of organizational and technological complexity

Inhibitors

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Paradigms

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Timing

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2015: ....

2020: ....

2025: ....

References

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law

Web Resources

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