[kwlug-disc] The Fediverse is complicated

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Chris Frey (cdfrey at foursquare.net):

> It kinda reminds me of the gold rush of video conferencing during the
> early days of the pandemic.  Quite a few open source projects had
> a great opportunity, from matrix to jitsi, but it was zoom that won
> in the end.

You keep using this word, "won".  I do not think it means what you think
it means.  Network effect and Metcalf's Law are of course real, but also
do not dictate a victory outcome.  

How's that MySpace stock doing, by the way?

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