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		BenderV on April 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I could do that in a weekend (2016) Facebook have 2 successful chat apps (Whatsapp, Messenger) and 2 successful social networks (Facebook.com, Instagram)

TulliusCicero on April 29, 2020 [–]

One of those chat apps was already enormously successful and then Facebook just bought it. The other was a natural outgrowth of Facebook.com being a successful social network, you may as well claim that Instagram is also a successful chat app.

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