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by criley2 3791 days ago
You living under a rock?

Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp (a facebook company) and Instagram (a facebook company) make Facebook the dominant messaging platform with billion+ MAU.

Heck FB Messenger and WhatsApp are the #1 and #2 services and Facebook controls 3 of the top 6 by monthly actives...
2 comments
dang 3791 days ago
> You living under a rock?

Please don't be uncivil in Hacker News comments. This comment would be fine without that first sentence.

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criley2 3791 days ago
I always enjoy the irony of a comment like yours which criticizes my comment but itself adds no value to the conversation and instead is "meta-whining". Unlike my original comment, yours has added literally nothing to this thread, and now that I've replied to you, you've catalyzed more off-topic meta-nonsense. Thanks!
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jacalata 3791 days ago
No, it makes Facebook the dominant messaging company. You can't call three completely unconnected apps a platform.
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ry_ry 3791 days ago
Pretty much different UIs for the same graph at this point, surely?

The actual Facebook platform isn't the bunch of notifications end users are variously served, pushed and aggregated through different clients - the FB platform is their graph, and that thing is pretty impressive.

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