Wide adoption fails originators
I think almost everyone has experienced the following phenomenon at some time in their lives: you and a close circle of friends are involved in something wonderful, and it’s ruined when the community at large adopts it. I can think of several examples: the BBS community and the Internet, the HAM Radio community and cellular phones, and early Facebook adopters and the current state of Facebook. When I was young, I was logging into several BBSs per week, having loads [...]

