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		willvarfar on March 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Codename: Obtvse interesting point, not sure; on the social web its community adoption over technology every time

daeken on March 23, 2012 [–]

That is the barrier to entry. Take Tumblr for instance: mediocre tech (just going from experience as a user), but it has a massive community invested in it. That is the barrier to entry; anyone attempting to go up against Tumblr has to figure out how to build that community.

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