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If you really want to make your content available in Africa, make it accessible via SMS.
by buro9 14y ago
If you really want to make your content available in Africa, make it accessible via SMS.
- zachalexander 14y agoYes, taking it even further! And I find that discussion totally exciting, for websites where it's relevant. I just think it's silly to make this kind of thing (postage stamp screens or SMS availability) a norm for every website in existence ever.
- buro9 14y agoIt doesn't work for everything sure, but content is content and a web site is merely one possible interface. As soon as that sinks in, if the format fits it isn't so weird to think of how other interfaces can be used for the same content. SMS could work really well for wikipedia... a paid interface to obtain an article for a given query for example.
- davycro 14y agoNah, make it available through a browser. For pre-paid users, SMS costs far more then data which is why WhatsApp is so popular in the developing world.