i'm not really sure they're the same. seems to me that whatsapp is more of an active "keeping in touch with friends" where facebook's forte is more of a passiv

i'm not really sure they're the same. seems to me that whatsapp is more of an active "keeping in touch with friends" where facebook's forte is more of a passive "keeping in touch with friends". that would make them fairly harmonious in my book -- hence the autonomy.