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Re:WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook by 77ko on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:15PM (#16635072)
Brian Acton's post[0] about the Signal Foundation[1] makes it sound like they could play in the same space as Facebook:

> Of course, this is just the beginning. There is a lot of work to be done to make our dream a reality and we will continually be asking our peers, our community, and ourselves if there are more effective ways to serve the public good. In the immediate future we are focused on adding to our talented-but-small team and improving Signal Messenger. Our long-term vision is for the Signal Foundation to provide multiple offerings that align with our core mission. That will come in time.

The tagline on the foundations splash page, To develop open source privacy technology that protects free expression sounds like it could mean a facebook type thingamajig, since what is FB but providing free expression to the masses?

[0]: https://signal.org/blog/signal-foundation/ [1]: https://signalfoundation.org/

Re:WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook by 1337biz on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:19AM (#16636357)
At this point I am sceptical that any communication platform can succeed beyond niche communities unless they go after the teenager market.
Re:WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook by pteredactyl on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @04:15AM (#16636350)
Facebook has been using Signal Foundation's protocol in Whatsapp since last April

https://www.fastcompany.com/3067468/why-open-whisper-systems...

Re:WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook by bitxbitxbitcoin on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:36PM (#16635194)
That would be an interesting pivot.