No… dude… it’s a new household name. We haven’t had those in software for a long time, maybe since TikTok and Fortnite.

Lots of things had household recognition. Do you fondly remember the Snuggie? The question is whether it'll be durable. The lack of network effects is one reason to be skeptical.

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doctorpangloss 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Lack of network effects... It's the biggest thing ever! Everyone is talking about it, all the time, nonstop! How is that not a network? Network effects do not exclusively mean multiplayer software, communications or social media. And anyway, it is almost certainly all three of these things, because content is being made (and often consumed) by ChatGPT in every digital network there is.

Anyway, I don't think it's possible in this forum to have a conversation about it, if "ChatGPT is humongous" is a controversial, downvotable POV.

	▲	hattmall 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know if you are joking or not, but people were talking about ChatGPT non-stop in like March of 2023 in my social group. Now it's far less frequently mentioned, basically never. In fact mostly if it is, it's in some form of a sarcastic joke or reply.