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by abigail95 611 days ago
what does artificial mean here
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There’s no technical reason different social media networks couldn’t be made to interoperate. The barriers that keep other platforms from building off of a successful network are largely legal, not natural.

I’m also equating these kinds of network effects with other artificial barriers to competition, like price fixing or mandatory non-compete agreements.