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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Why did Facebook buy WhatsApp?
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/ ... ld-1226429

Haven't read that yet myself but I'm less than pleased that Facebook will soon have my mobile number :evil:
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why did Facebook buy WhatsApp?
pcernie wrote:
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/what-s-up-with-facebook-buying-whatsapp-it-s-about-the-developing-world-1226429

Haven't read that yet myself but I'm less than pleased that Facebook will soon have my mobile number :evil:
facebook probably all ready has your number
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:22 pm ]
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bobbdobbs wrote:
pcernie wrote:
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/what-s-up-with-facebook-buying-whatsapp-it-s-about-the-developing-world-1226429

Haven't read that yet myself but I'm less than pleased that Facebook will soon have my mobile number :evil:
facebook probably all ready has your number


Legally they shouldn't, but when did that ever mean anything...
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:36 pm ]
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pcernie wrote:
bobbdobbs wrote:
pcernie wrote:
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/what-s-up-with-facebook-buying-whatsapp-it-s-about-the-developing-world-1226429

Haven't read that yet myself but I'm less than pleased that Facebook will soon have my mobile number :evil:
facebook probably all ready has your number


Legally they shouldn't, but when did that ever mean anything...
if any of your friends are on facebook then facebook can have your number perfectly legally as your friend could have willingly given them it.
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 2:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why did Facebook buy WhatsApp?
I know, I mean they shouldn't be holding it in the strictest sense.
Author:  big_D [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why did Facebook buy WhatsApp?
Over here people seem to be leaving in droves. Threeam had over 500,000 downloads this morning, after the news broke, just in the Google Charts, moving it from nowhere (10,000 downloads) to 4th place. It was allegedly doing similar business over at the iTunes Store.

I sent the eldest daughter an SMS at 8, saying 'welcome to Facebook, resistence is futile' in German and I got the reply that she had already abandoned Whatsapp and was looking for an alternative.

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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why did Facebook buy WhatsApp?
It might come to that for me too. The problem, like social media ironically, is convincing all those people to come with you...
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:50 pm ]
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Been looking at the alternatives and Telegram looks quite good.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:33 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Been looking at the alternatives and Telegram looks quite good.

Problem is that they market themselves as social networking and if they are anything like Facebook then I am not interested.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:59 pm ]
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Sorry, I'm missing something.
Can someone explain the brouhaha please?
Author:  timark_uk [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:25 am ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
Sorry, I'm missing something.
Can someone explain the brouhaha please?
Think of it as the same as when Fb bought Instagram.
Loads of initial noise about people leaving and that Fb would destroy the app and kill it off and blah blah blah …
Instagram is still just as popular.

Mark
Author:  big_D [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:42 am ]
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Instawhat?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 7:05 am ]
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pcernie wrote:
It might come to that for me too. The problem, like social media ironically, is convincing all those people to come with you...

Do you really want all of them? ;)

Find a new service and only tell those that you really want to keep in touch with.
Author:  pcernie [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Why did Facebook buy WhatsApp?
Amnesia10 wrote:
pcernie wrote:
It might come to that for me too. The problem, like social media ironically, is convincing all those people to come with you...

Do you really want all of them? ;)

Find a new service and only tell those that you really want to keep in touch with.


I'm in daily contact with them and they're all on Facebook so won't see the problem as I do. The less info FB has on me the better IMO. And yes, I'd abandon Google and their services if they even had a near rival...
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:21 pm ]
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My activity on FB and Google Plus is really minimal. I could close both without too many problems.
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