Van Alstyne, and numerous seminar participants for their helpful comments during the writing of this paper. We would also like to thank the anonymous referees and the editor for their thoughtful and helpful comments. A special thanks to the people at Facebook, especially Cameron Marlow and Dean Eckles.
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