Re:Facebook's tentacles reach further than people think
by smcnally on Saturday May 27, 2017 @06:58PM
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> I see the problem with this is gaining traction. With no users on board you'll have no users on board
That's the same reason Facebook would never beat MySpace and MySpace would lose out to Friendster.
Metcalf's Law and initial traction are real challenges to achieving critical mass of users, but it has been done. I'm biased to hope for @ghughes success and that enough people care about privacy to give it or similar services a shot.
Unless ofc you're just building this for yourself and your friends, which is something I thought about doing myself but then realized that even my friends cba to install yet another chat app.