Comments on: Portability of Friends http://mediatransparent.com/2009/01/20/portability-of-friends/ Media is the New Marketing Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:42:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: monsieurledan http://mediatransparent.com/2009/01/20/portability-of-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-363 monsieurledan Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:22:04 +0000 http://mediatransparent.com/?p=216#comment-363 I believe this is called Metcalfe's Law. From it's Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law): "the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n2)" OK, the law is intended for telecoms, but it surely must apply to the latest communication platforms as well. For me (@mled), twitter was originally just a way to receive reminders from iwantsandy, but my uses and liking for it has grown as I've found friends and forged new friendships. I believe this is called Metcalfe’s Law.

From it’s Wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law):

“the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n2)”

OK, the law is intended for telecoms, but it surely must apply to the latest communication platforms as well.

For me (@mled), twitter was originally just a way to receive reminders from iwantsandy, but my uses and liking for it has grown as I’ve found friends and forged new friendships.

]]> By: David Salaguinto http://mediatransparent.com/2009/01/20/portability-of-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-355 David Salaguinto Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:23:23 +0000 http://mediatransparent.com/?p=216#comment-355 Thanks for linking to my comic. I didn't realize that FriendFeed allowed you to import your Twitter contacts. I'll have to give FriendFeed another try. Thanks! Thanks for linking to my comic.

I didn’t realize that FriendFeed allowed you to import your Twitter contacts. I’ll have to give FriendFeed another try. Thanks!

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