Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook?

Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by ajb257 on Monday March 19, 2018 @11:30AM (#16619141)

> Facebook is going to get done in by the fact that the younger generation doesn't like it

All the younger generation I know are big users of Instagram and WhatsApp - both FB properties.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by dlwdlw on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:33PM (#16619761)

Yea, Facebook had admitted to missing mobile and the WhatsApp purchase was driven very much by the knowledge that the for platform was losing streak.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by reitanqild on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:23PM (#16622738)

Around here most of my friends have moved from WhatsApp to Telegram after Facebook aquired WhatsApp.

Instagram is fairly popular as well but WhatsApp never really went mainstream.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by varelse on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:17PM (#16619578)

Indeed, he is killing his darling before someone else can.

No interest in working there personally because I despise both PHP and working in an open office, but I don't think the Zuckerberg brand of fine social content is going away any time soon.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by TomMarius on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:24PM (#16619654)

I literally don't know anyone who uses Whatsapp, only Messenger. These things are very different across the world.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by antisocial on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:42PM (#16619867)

I live in the U.S. I use Whatsapp to connect with family members in another country. I have a Facebook account just for my informal HOA community posts. I have zero fb friends. I hope my HOA finds another means to communicate.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by arctron on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:47PM (#16631887)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/280914/monthly-active-wh...

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by johnchristopher on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:34PM (#16619780)

I read on HN Brazil has a vibrant WhatsApp community of users. Doctors confirming appointments, hospital sending stuff, etc. That kind of things.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by lucasverra on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:51PM (#16619958)

Whatsapp is the market leader in mobile (and desktop) IM in LATAM & EU. YMMV but I would go with ~75-80%

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by TomMarius on Monday March 19, 2018 @02:07PM (#16621175)

Do they have more granular data? I guess they're more prevalent in Western Europe (I read about people from Spain or Italy being all on).

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by craigmi on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:30PM (#16619732)

different indeed, everyone I know in Ireland uses it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 2018 the end of Facebook? by lzy on Monday March 19, 2018 @11:46PM (#16625893)

WhatsApp absolutely dominates SEA too.

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