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wensing
on Nov 8, 2013
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Everpix, Snapchat, and the Startup Lie
I've never used it. Is there not a network effect, like Facebook, where leaving is costly "because all my friends use Snapchat"? This switching cost is what ultimately allows social networks to place ads without people jumping ship.
nwh
on Nov 8, 2013
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Possibly, but the ease of moving between networks with a common hub (Facebook integration, probably) seems to make the user base fairly fluid.
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