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by dathinab 1327 days ago
It doesn't for the same reason there isn't already a "WeChat" of the west.

Additionally Twitter has as far as I can tell (speculative) a much much less stable foundation in the EU then it seems if you just look at daily users count.
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nghou 1327 days ago
> It doesn't for the same reason there isn't already a "WeChat" of the west.

iMessage? (US)

WhatsApp? (EU)

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dathinab 1327 days ago
WeChat is so much more then WhatsApp (for China)

EDIT: It's not only what everyone has (WeChat in China), instead of just many people (WhatsApp in EU). It's also the default payment service, you pay through it all the time in all kinds of situations. It's like WhatsApp but more monopolistic combined with PayPal but also more monopolistic. And both with full government support so no worries some bank lobby gets in you way.

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rburhum 1321 days ago
payments? community? local user discovery? etc etc
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