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Re:Is this the end of social networking? by gloryjulio on Friday August 12, 2022 @12:46AM (#32434796)
> I suspect that that what really ate up personal social networking was very simple: private group messaging finally got good enough.

Which was achieved by WeChat since 10 years ago. It's something to think about that why are we so behind technologically.

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Re:Is this the end of social networking? by Underqualified on Friday August 12, 2022 @05:47AM (#32436314)
I think it's because of a critical mass of users. I can communicate with my parents and my entire circle of friends on WhatsApp, they weren't there 10 years ago.
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