This is an interesting subject for me because it is one I’ve approached from a standpoint of almost complete ignorance. I believe I’ve covered a few of the main themes in a previous post, but Bryan raised an interesting point about the extent to which seniority contributes to the success of a ‘node’ in a network becoming a ‘hub’.

Bryan’s question was thus: “If seniority is such a factor, why aren’t the earliest websites more popular”? This is a good point and brought me to consider a possible answer. I think that perhaps seniority only becomes a determining factor AFTER the site has established itself as one of high utility, perhaps there is a critical point that a website must reach in terms of utility or popularity before seniority becomes a large determining factor in its path from node to hub. Just a thought.