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Re:China, Not Silicon Valley, Is Cutting Edge in Mobile Tech by auganov on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @05:25AM (#12216729)
To illustrate the level of wechat craze: even VCs will often add you on wechat rather than exchange emails. I've seen group chats of founders and VCs coming up with ideas and arranging funding all within wechat. It seems like people don't compartmentalize professional and private communications as much as Westerners do.

I bet facebook is thinking hard how to merge Messenger and Whatsapp without getting people angry.

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Re:China, Not Silicon Valley, Is Cutting Edge in Mobile Tech by zhte415 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @07:29AM (#12217182)
> I bet facebook is thinking hard how to merge Messenger and Whatsapp without getting people angry.

Indeed. Simultaneous communication between WeChat circle, QQ group, the odd email CC'd to people in and out of the conversation. 'Keep the momentum'. Should anyone get confused, send them a screenshot from your phone of the other conversation. It is very fluid. Show you're communicating and getting things done. For transactions, pay via WeChat, or pay via AliPay, doesn't matter, works anywhere.

No need to integrate anything; users will do it themselves if they see a compelling need.

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