I’m not sure that applies here: for QWERTY keyboards network effects are positive—the more people use them, the better (i.e. in this case, more convenient) it is for me to use them, but for charities they are positive (so long as my social circles aren’t hipster enough) for status, but neutral (for me at least—YMMV) for fuzzies and negative (diminishing returns, finite room for more funding) for utilons.
I’m not sure that applies here: for QWERTY keyboards network effects are positive—the more people use them, the better (i.e. in this case, more convenient) it is for me to use them, but for charities they are positive (so long as my social circles aren’t hipster enough) for status, but neutral (for me at least—YMMV) for fuzzies and negative (diminishing returns, finite room for more funding) for utilons.