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I would hesitate to call it a feature. Realistically, nobody that I know would consider "analyzing my contacts to automatically suggest potential connections"
by flafla2 7y ago
I would hesitate to call it a feature. Realistically, nobody that I know would consider "analyzing my contacts to automatically suggest potential connections" an important or even productive feature. Certainly, nobody is switching to ToTok because of it. It is only a feature from the perspective of the platform holders; for a company like Facebook it is used to increase engagement (and thus ad revenue), and for ToTok it (allegedly) is used for surveillance.
- RandallBrown 7y agoThe feature is more "See which of my contacts already have this app installed" which makes it much more useful to consumers.
- bonzini 7y agoThe reason why WhatsApp became popular was exactly because it piggybacked on the phone contacts to build a network (using the user's phone number as account id) which made it as easy to use as SMS. The only requirement was to install the app. Of course the same does not apply for example to LinkedIn or Facebook.