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Something I've been thinking about: why doesn't WeChat, the world's 2nd largest social network with 1B MAU, suffer the issues Facebook is experiencing today? I
by tristanj 9y ago
Something I've been thinking about: why doesn't WeChat, the world's 2nd largest social network with 1B MAU, suffer the issues Facebook is experiencing today?
If Facebook became more like WeChat, would they avoid these problems? If Facebook finds it does avoid such problems, will Facebook switch models in the future?
- platinumrad 9y agoTighter integration with the state. Much less of an expectation of privacy (especially with regard to the state) in China.
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- asdsa5325 9y agoBecause everyone that uses WeChat understands that their data is being provided, without question, to the Chinese government?
- aylmao 9y agoWeChat is this big because of its dominance in China and it very much operates in cooperation of the government [1]. It was subsidized by the government, it has no international competition because the government doesn't allow similar apps to operate there, and it's an "accepted reality that officials censor and monitor users". Aka, the "privacy and collusion with the state" bar is at a very different level. [1]: https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16721230/wechat-china-app-mini-programs-messaging-electronic-id-system https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16721230/wechat-china-app-...