Nope. Network effect happens if there's a network. For that you need an adequate amount of eyes per post so that people can start commenting and discussing stuff with one another.

Dump in hundreds of copy-posted memes without enlarging the user base and it does exactly the opposite of the network effect: With much more posts per viewer, the viewers are spread thin over the posts which means there are never enough people on one post to actually start a meaningful discussion in the comments.

[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

are you saying that we're not all here commenting, regardless? 😥🥹

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Reddit users?