Viral effects are not network effects

Re:Viral effects are not network effects by holidayacct on Thursday October 08, 2020 @09:43AM (#24719028)

Viral effects are advertising with low/no staying power because people lose interest and move on to another bright shiny new thing. Network effects have staying power because people in a network tend to all have similar interests.

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Re:Viral effects are not network effects by thdrdt on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:45PM (#24720935)

The viral effect can be the first step to a network effect.

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Re:Viral effects are not network effects by gumby on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:14PM (#24723387)

This is a very important insight -- in fact the main value of the distinction between the two.

"The Facebook" had an initial viral value that bootstrapped its network in a way that, say, HotOrNot did not.

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Re:Viral effects are not network effects by Autocompete on Thursday October 08, 2020 @01:28PM (#24721487)

A 'Network'-Effect, Not ?

Short Scenario: Living with an Girlfriend, a normal situation, _you_ are completing her spoken sentences before she could finish (not a 'what was that word'-situation) -because you can and may do what everyday-internet-practice does since...^^

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Re:Viral effects are not network effects by spenczar5 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @01:36PM (#24721577)

I don’t think you are passing your Turing test, my friend :)

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