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by jackchristopher 5079 days ago
The other factor is non-profit open source social networks.

A lot of people like me are determined to popularize open/p2p, distributed or decentralized social networks.

Technically, we're lunch cutting the for-profit networks. But I think both can coexist. However, if open/free networks come to dominate, closed platforms will diminish in popularity.

Search: "Diaspora", "distributed social network"