[ih] The Sub-atomic Physics of The Internet

[Andrew G. Malis]

And as we know, these things evolve over time, Remember Myspace,
Friendster, Vine, AOL Messenger, etc., etc.?

It really is survival of the fittest ....


On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 3:42 AM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via
Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> If there's one problem with representation of the social media worlds as
> planets, it's that most people "live" on more than one planet, starting
> with significant Influencers who need to grow their audience. So whilst
> there are plenty of parallel worlds, users travel already. I am quite
> pleased with the notion of parallel worlds, it's called "choice". Why
> would we want a single social gateway that would in effect become a
> monopoly that has the potential to lock any new social media provider out?
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 29/08/2020 02:35, Joseph Touch via Internet-history wrote:
> > FWIW, that picture is of planets, not atoms. It perhaps more accurately
> represents the different platforms as worlds unto themselves, requiring
> substantial (and often not yet available) means of interplanetary transport
> to transit between.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >> On Aug 28, 2020, at 12:39 PM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> We know that molecules are made of atoms, and atoms are made of quarks,
> >> and somewhere you get strings and other stuff I personally don't know
> >> much about.   I saw this infographic and it struck me as an interesting
> >> snapshot of the current internal "subatomic" structure of The Internet -
> >> not our traditional technical structure of circuits, routers et al, but
> >> the internal social structure of the population of The Internet.
> >>
> >>
> https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-social-media-universe-in-2020/
>
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