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This blog post is a very cursory overview about East Asian-owned messaging services, with a few easily verifiable sources about their size, but it offers little
by niftich 10y ago
This blog post is a very cursory overview about East Asian-owned messaging services, with a few easily verifiable sources about their size, but it offers little insight.
It omits talking about markets like Brazil, India, AUSNZ, Europe, CIS and the Cyrillic World, MENA, and South Africa, and leaves out some services that are popular in those regions (Telegram), are platform-native (iMessage), or are popular with certain audiences (Kik, and arguably, Snapchat).
It doesn't even answer its own question, and instead concludes with more hypotheticals.
Suggestions:
[1] mention that many markets are omitted, despite a title that promises an overview "outside the US" -- or write about those markets
[2] better craft its message towards its intended audience, whatever it may be. Offer more insight besides raw numbers and writing that some of these companies sell stickers. Write about what sets these services apart, if anything. Write about growth opportunities, write more about integrations, bots, etc. Write about up-and-coming services or services catering to niche audiences
[3] offer a satisfying conclusion, or don't promise that there would be one