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I'm not sure what your message is supposed to be saying / bringing to the table. Also, what a very localised generalisation. The article is about how the domin
by nolok 8y ago
I'm not sure what your message is supposed to be saying / bringing to the table.
Also, what a very localised generalisation. The article is about how the dominant app in China is faring in India. Other countries have different usages.
Eg near both india and china Line and fb messenger are dominating Thailand while Whatsapp has trouble there (lots of people have it, nobody uses it), snapchat is still hisptery/rare, wechat is limited to chinese expats and nobody has even heard of telegram.
- type-2 8y agoJust my personal observations. I thought we were talking about use of chat apps in India so of course it makes sense for me to talk local. Another personal observation; the tibetan community in india uses wechat, snapchat is very popular among the youth, so is instagram. FB is for old people. The important thing to take away from the article was that "India is divided into three consumer segments: the first 100 million, mainly the urban or affluent Indians and are the main targets of indulgent e-commerce brands; the second 100 million classified as the aspiring class; and the last a little over a billion — three segments he calls the splurgers, strivers and survivors." and wechat appealed to none
- jqgatsby 8y agoPersonal anecdotes have value in situations where data is sparse. Often one has to extrapolate from a small number of use cases when developing a new product. I found his comment valuable.