[xbeta]

What's bloated about it?

Let see... - Why do I care about reading someone's life moment on an IM? WhatsApp also tried this and another reason I think it is now heading to the "dark side" - Why do I said... Request a Didi on an IM ? - Why would I care to use it to pay for something? I just want to message someone. - Why do I even care about these features? I just want to message someone... - In fact, why do I care about so much eye-killing gifs/emoji

An IM is an IM. But then I grew up in the western world, so my opinions might not apply to everyone. But I am sure as hell share someone's opinion on this.

Is it bloated? Hell yeah, can it still make a case that Chinese general population would prefer bloated single-app? Sure, but that doesn't mean I like it.

[simonh]

>Why do I even care about these features? I just want to message someone...

You care that the other person will be on it too. But why will they be on it？

Mass adoption isnt just about what you want, its about what other people on the same service want as well. It has to offer a superset of your wants, her wants, his wants, etc or you will love it, but they will go elsewhere. Its not all about you. Having everyone on it is THE killer feature.

[xbeta]

> It has to offer a superset of your wants, her wants, his wants, etc or you will love it, but they will go elsewhere

So that's bloated then ?

[simonh]

My wife is Chinese to I use WeChat a fair bit. I only use it for messaging and calling, so can’t comment on the other features, but for what I use it seems fast, stable and easy to use.

How do you distinguish between featureful and bloated? What are the criteria you would use to tell one from the other?

[cmplxconjugate]

Personally I don't think it's too bloated. However, its an absolute storage hog ~ My WeChat is taking up 2.4gig of storage space. I guess thats the issue of audio messages alongside the ability to send full-quality images.