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> It was riding the twitter wave in letting you interact with handles (usernames) over SMS. I'm curious, were any of these SMS service comparies successful as

by pkamb 11y ago

> It was riding the twitter wave in letting you interact with handles (usernames) over SMS. I'm curious, were any of these SMS service comparies successful as interactive SMS services? It seems like most of the services like Twitter, Venmo, etc. "started" as SMS services but quickly moved to apps once the iPhone appeared. And only then did they blow up. But maybe I'm wrong about that. What does Twitter/Venmo non-notification SMS usage look like today? Are there any big/popular interactive services today that are mainly accessed by SMS?

roymurdock 11y ago
Not really big/popular but GoButler seems to be an interactive personal assistant "app" through SMS: http://www.gobutlernow.com/ http://www.gobutlernow.com/
dublinben 11y ago
M-Pesa moved over a billion dollars by SMS in 2014.
daxelrod 11y ago
Magic made a huge splash on HN when it debuted, not sure about its current popularity. https://getmagicnow.com/ https://getmagicnow.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9087819 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9087819