Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak

Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by krisroadruck on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @10:24PM (#17712738)

Genuine question... how is whatsapp a social website vs just a chat application? Perhaps I've missed something critical about it but the way I've used it and seen anyone else use it is just as a replacement for SMS

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by Vinnl on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @02:26AM (#17713605)

As someone who doesn't use WhatsApp in a country where everybody does: the primary use case appears to be group chat. If it was just a replacement for SMS, not having it would not be a problem - I could still text with people. However, I'm "missing out" on things because I can't be in some WhatsApp chat groups.

Hence the network.

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by askafriend on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:06PM (#17712912)

Any proprietary communications platform meant primarily for communicating between humans can be referred to as a social network. It's a pretty broad definition in my mind.

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by soziawa on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @01:01AM (#17713308)

So letters are a social network?

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by askafriend on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @01:07AM (#17713330)

No but I guess you could argue that language is.

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by drawnwren on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @07:50AM (#17715047)

The postal system seems like it would qualify.

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Re:Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak by YaxelPerez on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @10:36PM (#17712798)

It technically also has "stories"

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