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.


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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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