social networks
also referred to as: social network
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 13, 2020 by Benedict Evans · across every show →
Everything said about social networks, oldest first
Dec 13, 2020 negative
Benedict Evans: Search and social networks are natural monopolies like water utilities
“There are clearly structural reasons why it's very hard to create a new search engine or to create a new social network. There are very strong network effects, which I, the last, one of the last pieces I wrote, I described as basically a natural monopoly. And …”
May 16, 2022 bearish
Evans: Designing metaverse social networks ten years early is futile
“The challenge is at this point, we're sort of designing social networks in 10 years time. Which kind of comes back to my, you know, the more we spend time we spend saying, so this is how I think it's all going to work. The more you're like, we have no idea how…”