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Re:Why we are suing the Administration by xibalba on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @09:17AM (#24341416)
Wasn't this already "attempted" through the natural mechanics of the free market? Social media seems to tend toward monopoly (or at least oligopoly) due to the extreme realization of the network effect in this industry.

Here is a sampling attempts (though I'm sure the graveyard has hundreds if not thousands of members): Friendster, DailyBooth, FriendFeed, Google Buzz, Meerkat, Yik Yak, Vine, Google Plus, MySpace, Path, Orkut, ConnectU, ...

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Re:Why we are suing the Administration by Spooky23 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @09:46AM (#24341648)
Sort of. Networks tend to lead towards natural monopolies. If you were my age, you had AOL IM friends, ICQ friends, Yahoo friends, etc.

The US had a phone company at the national level until regulatory bodies made a market.

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