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Re:On Growing: Lessons from the Story of WeChat by machbio on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:13PM (#14100240)
> Using voice messaging was strategic because the native mobile keyboard to type Chinese characters at the time was not easy to use and consumers found sending voice notes intuitive, personal and convenient for daily life.

this is amazing way of thinking around the problem

Re:On Growing: Lessons from the Story of WeChat by eratins on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:28PM (#14100400)
I find I use it more like the old Nextel days, where WeChat is essentially a type of walkie talkie.