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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 07:32:56 JST Evan Prodromou

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   Metcalfe's law says the value of a communications medium goes up with the square of the number of participants.

   If the total number of people interested in federated social networks is N, a single pool of people using compatible protocols -- AP, right now -- generates ~N^2 value.

   If you split that in 2 even groups, the value of each group is ~N^2/4, and total value is N^2/2.

   Every time we split the fediverse, we drive down value significantly.

   So, if you care about federation, don't split.