Cushman Blog Talk 2008

Reed’s Law and the demand curve David Cushman EMAP

What is Reed’s Law?
… where n is the number of participants .
The number of possible sub-groups of network participants is 2 n - n -1

Sarnoff’s Law
The value of the network grows in proportion to the number of viewers.

Metcalfe’s Law
Network grows in proportion to the number of nodes on the network (n squared).

Reed’s Law

“ I am made greater by the sum of my connections – so are my connections ”
Stowe Boyd

Network with purpose

Blacksmith -

I am part of a community , therefore I am

Father/son/Holy Smoke!

The edglings want more! The edglings want more

An adjustment?
2 n(x) - n -1

2 n(x) -n-1

Because we’re more than ‘N’ We are more than just ‘n’

So what about the demand curve?

The long tail…

The Long Tail gets a little longer

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by Blogtalk 2008 on Mar 01, 2008