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I don't know, WhatsApp actually has mostly replaced Fb in my friends and family circle at least. I think it was a smart and timely acquisition (whether overpric
by sundarurfriend 11y ago
I don't know, WhatsApp actually has mostly replaced Fb in my friends and family circle at least. I think it was a smart and timely acquisition (whether overpriced, I cannot say.)
> You have pictures up from all the years you been around,
In practice, people care very little about this - they want the world to know they were in the Taj Mahal last Sunday or their baby started walking yesterday, but older pictures are generally forgotten, and sometimes even a nuisance for various reasons.
> you have your friends' profiles to go check out at will,
and yet almost never do
> you can start a group,
as you can on WhatsApp
> or make an event and know all your friends are already on Facebook to see it.
This is one use case that is indeed better on Fb, though just posting and gathering replies on WhatsApp seems to suffice in 80% of cases.
(Btw, I'm not among the downvoters.)
- joslin01 11y agoYou make solid points, but just as people's attics become cluttered with crap that they never use but are reluctant to throw out, I think you could argue users innately feel the same with their personal photos / friends / posts on FB. I was confused about downvotes because I was at -2 for awhile (maybe I offended snapchat employees ;), but I appreciate you rebutting me. I do believe if there was to be a huge contender to Facebook, it would need a messaging component to grow out of. However, I still do not believe FB made the purchase primarily out of fear of competitive threat. I think FB Integration in a tencent model can make them more money than FB ads (while driving more targeted FB ads).