Metcalfe's Law
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 6, 2024 by Aaron Levie · across every show →
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Dec 6, 2024 negative
Levie: Token-incentivized social networks fail because later users receive less utility
“I just don't think you can build a social network where financial You know, where monetization or incentives is at the core of the network. I think people have to join these things because they want the utility of whatever the network is. And that is how you s…”
Jan 4, 2025 negative
Aaron Levie: Token incentives invert Metcalfe's Law by penalizing later users
“Adding a financial incentive sort of creates this very perverse dynamic where, where sort of, you know, you want to invite 10 friends and they invite 10 friends and then the early people get all the money and then the later people don't get any of the money. A…”