GwmngilfenJul 29, 2018

"Furthermore, the company has a lot of monetisation opportunities with Instagram (thanks to the recent launch of IGTV), Marketplace, Messenger and getting businesses to pay to interact with customers through WhatsApp".

Wait, what now? I already refuse to use WhatsApp, but this business <> customer interaction is news to me, and it smells fishy....

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/26/facebook-stock-price-falling-what-does-it-mean-analysis

Does Facebook's plummeting stock spell disaster for the social network?

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I mean, I hope I'm overreacting. I hope this means "users can see that a business has WhatsApp via its website or similar, and *choose* to interact with the business that way". And I'm sure that is a part of the offering for businesses.

But I doubt that's the whole of it...

#metadat #socialgraph

Jul 29, 2018 at 12:06pmWeb
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@gwmngilfen afaik businesses just a get a special status on WhatsApp and special tools. And of course have to pay for it!