Some thoughts:
Facebook started with high-end universities, tuned the initial experience to benefit care-free college students, and created its network effect through elite circles first.
Vine vs. TikTok? No idea.
Google Circles was trying to directly substitute for a product (Facebook) that had an insurmountable network effect. It was too hard to get everyone to start over on an entirely new platform for essentially the same experience. One social network was enough for most everyone.
brock / Brock Wilson
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