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		DyslexicAtheist on Jan 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal is having technical difficulties Signal grew 5x in one day[1]. A week before Musk amplified the WhatsApp story with his "Use Signal"[2] tweet. It then did the rounds on MSM. WhatsApp shoots itself in the foot (though IMO it's a blip in their stats). Parler (thankfully) has been kicked off AWS. All good news for alternative messaging technology. https://twitter.com/signalapp/status/1349577579091566592 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153 edit: as daniel_sk points out this is not a x5 increase but crossing the threshold from 10+ to the next 50+ mm downloads.

Daniel_sk on Jan 15, 2021 [–]

Google Play has 10m+ and then 50m+ step. So if you have 40m users then you still are in the 10m+ bracket.

DyslexicAtheist on Jan 15, 2021 | [–]

thanks I didn't know this, so it's most probably not a x5 increase but just a cross of this threshold.

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