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No Whatsapp in survey! Strange.

by techaddict009 12y ago

skizm 12y ago
No one really uses Whatsapp in America.
mhandley 12y ago
Agreed - definitely the main app for kids at my son's school in London. They do use instagram a lot too though.
soneca 12y ago
It is not very used in US. This is the danger of relying too much on US tech press and bloggers, when there are more and more trends and use cases common all over the world, except US. A very interesting thread is Whatsapp acquisition news. Lot of US HNers were shocked with its value; but a lot of people from a lot of other places just knew whatsapp as THE ONLY messaging tool that matters in their respectives countries (and that in a lot of very different countries). Edit, said thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7266618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7266618
- techaddict009 12y ago
  Ah! Whatsapp kind of main source of communication in India atleast this days.
  - soneca 12y ago
    In Brazil too. Being used to get in touch with strangers too now, just like your cellphone number. Business contacts, flirts, everything. One of the biggest mobile service provider here (TIM) is betting big, advertising a mobile plan that gives you unlimited internet usage through Whatsapp. Everything else has a usage quota, internet through Whatsapp is unlimited (and I wouldn't be surprise if Whatsapp is not paying a penny for this kind of advertising)
    - dethstar 12y ago
      in Mexico the two biggest carriers offer too plans with unlimited Whatsapp, but also include twitter and facebook.
    - techaddict009 12y ago
      Yeah even in India many operators provide such packages for whatsapp and facebook. But I think it kinds of breaks net neutrality!
jasonlotito 12y ago
Not Whatsapp in the report. Hard to come to any conclusion based on the information provided considering we don't know how they came up with that information. For example, they list the top 8 apps... but is that top 8 based on mentions, rankings, or something else?

No Whatsapp in survey! Strange.

skizm 12y ago

No one really uses Whatsapp in America.

mhandley 12y ago

Agreed - definitely the main app for kids at my son's school in London. They do use instagram a lot too though.

soneca 12y ago

It is not very used in US. This is the danger of relying too much on US tech press and bloggers, when there are more and more trends and use cases common all over the world, except US. A very interesting thread is Whatsapp acquisition news. Lot of US HNers were shocked with its value; but a lot of people from a lot of other places just knew whatsapp as THE ONLY messaging tool that matters in their respectives countries (and that in a lot of very different countries). Edit, said thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7266618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7266618

techaddict009 12y ago
Ah! Whatsapp kind of main source of communication in India atleast this days.
- soneca 12y ago
  In Brazil too. Being used to get in touch with strangers too now, just like your cellphone number. Business contacts, flirts, everything. One of the biggest mobile service provider here (TIM) is betting big, advertising a mobile plan that gives you unlimited internet usage through Whatsapp. Everything else has a usage quota, internet through Whatsapp is unlimited (and I wouldn't be surprise if Whatsapp is not paying a penny for this kind of advertising)
  - dethstar 12y ago
    in Mexico the two biggest carriers offer too plans with unlimited Whatsapp, but also include twitter and facebook.
  - techaddict009 12y ago
    Yeah even in India many operators provide such packages for whatsapp and facebook. But I think it kinds of breaks net neutrality!

jasonlotito 12y ago

Not Whatsapp in the report. Hard to come to any conclusion based on the information provided considering we don't know how they came up with that information. For example, they list the top 8 apps... but is that top 8 based on mentions, rankings, or something else?