Sounds horrible. Also going to be interesting how it’s a “town square” linked to payments. Nice when someone gets kicked off the platform..,oh wait that won’t be possible because their life is the platform. Can’t see this ending well.

The two ideas are in direct conflict. I’d say WeChat works because it’s based in a communist dictatorship.

LINE is DM-first. I'm aware that WeChat hosts a lot of memes like the "foreigners who won't follow zero covid policies are trash" one, so I know it must be public facing. Therefore WeChat probably would be a more apt comparison.