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		gloryjulio on Aug 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is this the end of social networking? > 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.

Underqualified on Aug 12, 2022 [–]

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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