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Surprisingly large number of businesses run on whatsapp, as a consultant in Asia it's prob around half the businesses I've worked with prefer it over teams/slac

Surprisingly large number of businesses run on whatsapp, as a consultant in Asia it's prob around half the businesses I've worked with prefer it over teams/slack. If Meta had been sensible about API access Telegram wouldn't have even got a foothold.

tmatsuzaki 7mo ago
WhatsApp is actually more popular than Slack, isn’t it? In my country, almost everyone uses Slack, and I’ve hardly ever heard of any companies using WhatsApp, so that was surprising to me.
- yen223 7mo ago
  WhatsApp is more popular than Slack, Teams and Telegram combined. WhatsApp has something like 2-3 billion users worldwide WhatsApp vs Slack + Teams is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison though.
  - tmatsuzaki 7mo ago
    Living in Japan has made me realize how different cultures can be — even down to the apps and services people use. It honestly surprises me, and now I kind of want to try WhatsApp too.
    - benhurmarcel 7mo ago
      Honestly Whatsapp is nothing special. It works well, just like many other chat apps nowadays. The interest is that in some large parts of the world, everyone uses it already.
  - kelvinjps10 7mo ago
    The only thing it's that creating bots for whatsapp it's not as easy as for telegram and it cost money. Actually that is the business plan for whatsapp making money from whatsapp business
    - tmatsuzaki 7mo ago
      Interesting. I’m an engineer, so how easy it is to use and how much it costs both matter a lot to me.
- ramraj07 7mo ago
  What country is it? Surprised someone on tech even asks this question
- mtkd 7mo ago
  Getting an agent working via an existing Slack setup is fairly effortless and the control over output format is useful I had a look at getting same agent up in WhatsApp but it seems to need FB business acc to even start process, to get FB business you need an FB personal etc. ... looked like too much effort
senectus1 7mo ago
south america and africa are both heavily invested in whatsapp in the business space.

tmatsuzaki 7mo ago

WhatsApp is actually more popular than Slack, isn’t it? In my country, almost everyone uses Slack, and I’ve hardly ever heard of any companies using WhatsApp, so that was surprising to me.

yen223 7mo ago
WhatsApp is more popular than Slack, Teams and Telegram combined. WhatsApp has something like 2-3 billion users worldwide WhatsApp vs Slack + Teams is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison though.
- tmatsuzaki 7mo ago
  Living in Japan has made me realize how different cultures can be — even down to the apps and services people use. It honestly surprises me, and now I kind of want to try WhatsApp too.
  - benhurmarcel 7mo ago
    Honestly Whatsapp is nothing special. It works well, just like many other chat apps nowadays. The interest is that in some large parts of the world, everyone uses it already.
- kelvinjps10 7mo ago
  The only thing it's that creating bots for whatsapp it's not as easy as for telegram and it cost money. Actually that is the business plan for whatsapp making money from whatsapp business
  - tmatsuzaki 7mo ago
    Interesting. I’m an engineer, so how easy it is to use and how much it costs both matter a lot to me.
ramraj07 7mo ago
What country is it? Surprised someone on tech even asks this question
mtkd 7mo ago
Getting an agent working via an existing Slack setup is fairly effortless and the control over output format is useful I had a look at getting same agent up in WhatsApp but it seems to need FB business acc to even start process, to get FB business you need an FB personal etc. ... looked like too much effort

senectus1 7mo ago

south america and africa are both heavily invested in whatsapp in the business space.