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Re:WhatsApp users will start seeing in-app ads within ‘Statu... by dingaling on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @02:53PM (#20033154)
> WhatsApp itself started as an obscure chat application

It actually started as a one-line status app, a bit like finger for the mobile era. Hence the name.

It was only when they discovered that users were interactively chatting by changing their status lines in response to each other that WhatsApp pivoted to full chat.

A good example of adapting to improvised user behaviour.

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