I don't think so. Look how many people are talking about it on twitter: http://twitter.com/search?q=kik http://twitter.com/search?q=kik I also know Ted and he'

I don't think so. Look how many people are talking about it on twitter: http://twitter.com/search?q=kik http://twitter.com/search?q=kik I also know Ted and he's not the type to make up numbers for attention. Keep in mind that they've been working on some variation of this for over a year, so while they took off virally very quickly, it's not an "overnight success", it's a "hard work finally pays off" one.