Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network

Re:Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network by EGreg on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:06PM (#14159201)

Why not make an open soure alternative? How much do you hear about blogger.com and livejournal after Wordpress came out? How much do you hear about AOL after the Web came out?

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Re:Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network by s73ver on Thursday April 20, 2017 @08:16PM (#14162047)

They've already tried. But the biggest thing about social networks is that they really only work if the people you want to be connected to are there. Diaspora was an open source social network, and it went nowhere. Ello was supposed to be a social network that didn't sell your data, and they ended up not being able to make it as a social network. They're still around, but they've pivoted a little.

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Re:Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network by fdsfsafasfdas on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:54PM (#14159671)

Because there are open source alternatives. Nobody uses them. Nobody used google plus, and that was a realistic replacement.

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Re:Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network by EGreg on Thursday April 20, 2017 @03:43PM (#14160135)

Oh yeah? Please list the top 3 alternatives which are open source.

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Re:Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network by droidist2 on Friday April 21, 2017 @12:24AM (#14163082)

GNU Social, Diaspora, and Friendica

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