The adoption curve is everything
Nov. 10th, 2025 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonelyisletMake a graph, and make it a function of time vs users with the added factor of a new product like the internet (I don't know how you'd graphically/mathematically display 3 variables like that, so maybe this is more of a sort of dimensional analysis thing, but... just go with it)
Early on, the internet doesn't have that much going for it on a social media level. Websites proliferated, but Myspace (well actually, Friendster is older, I think) was one of the earliest social media thing. And Friendster. 2003-6 is, still, very early
Myspace benefitted tremendously from onboarding people just as things were kicking off
It is true that Myspace had scale problems (Murdoch's fault?) as did Friendster. Facebook offered a real alternative
But Zuckerberg stole that from other people so it doesn't count
Early on Facebook would even delete your post if you posted about moving to a new social network
Shadow profiles, impossible to delete accounts. Their numbers are not honest, just like their CEO
And now people rail *against* antitrust action. I might too if they weren't so incredibly dishonest
"Dumb fucks" tells you all you need to know
Early on, the internet doesn't have that much going for it on a social media level. Websites proliferated, but Myspace (well actually, Friendster is older, I think) was one of the earliest social media thing. And Friendster. 2003-6 is, still, very early
Myspace benefitted tremendously from onboarding people just as things were kicking off
It is true that Myspace had scale problems (Murdoch's fault?) as did Friendster. Facebook offered a real alternative
But Zuckerberg stole that from other people so it doesn't count
Early on Facebook would even delete your post if you posted about moving to a new social network
Shadow profiles, impossible to delete accounts. Their numbers are not honest, just like their CEO
And now people rail *against* antitrust action. I might too if they weren't so incredibly dishonest
"Dumb fucks" tells you all you need to know
