Content-type: text/html Downes.ca ~ Stephen's Web ~ That Sneaky Exponential—Beyond Metcalfe's Law to the Power of Community Building

Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
This interesting article looks at the metrics of interconnecting networks or creating networks of communities within communities. The idea is that such networks of networks increase the number of optional or voluntary interactions available to subscribers, thus increasing exponentially the value of the community. These networks are in turn created by greated facilitation of interaction. This is a bit of a tough read, but the information is great. By David P. Reed, undated but an earlier version is from 1999.

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