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... and LINE, and Kakaotalk, and ... The thing is that many of these apps are both pretty good, and have insane market penetration... It's hard to see why anyb
by snogglethorpe 13y ago
... and LINE, and Kakaotalk, and ...
The thing is that many of these apps are both pretty good, and have insane market penetration... It's hard to see why anybody would switch to a FB app that's very likely worse if they're already using something else (so all their contacts are there).
- w1ntermute 13y agoYeah, if Poke couldn't take down Snapchat, then I don't know what hope this has of displacing those other apps.
- brianbreslin 13y agoThey didn't really throw much weight behind Poke. They also had the fb camera app which was a competitor to instagram if you recall. Poke I thought was a weekend project.
- aianus 13y agoIf they're on Facebook all their contacts will be on Facebook Messenger. Does Facebook have poor market penetration in Asia?
- snogglethorpe 13y agoI do not have numbers, but while a fair number of people use FB in Japan, it's far from the juggernaut it is in the U.S. According to Wikipedia, Japan has about 17 million FB users, Korea about 10 million, and China only about 0.6 million! LINE, in the meantime, just celebrated its 300 millionth user, and its user base is concentrated in Asian countries.