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Jeffa Comedian Username: Jeffa Post Number: 1876 Registered: 10-2012 Posted From: 216.113.160.70 Rating: N/A |
Whatspp is NOT a Social Network application. Its a Peer-to-Peer communication application. | ||
Bushu Hero Username: Bushu Post Number: 15146 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 50.247.202.75 Rating: N/A |
random about that social network stuff. I have a beef with that guy - got into some arguments on twitter sometime back.  just think not the right person. WSJ has far better tech journos. even WaPo .. endho rayalani rasthadu. quota. | ||
Anand_n Hero Username: Anand_n Post Number: 18444 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 174.207.15.88 Rating: N/A |
Just curious - was it just his exclusion of WA from social networks that you disagreed with or his rationale in the article ? The rationale part was more interesting to me.. “. It is mostly a bare-bones texting app in which most conversations are private and unmediated by any kind of algorithm meant to amp up engagement. This design means WhatsApp has little control over what content takes off and what doesn�t; in most cases, the company cannot even see what is happening on WhatsApp, because the service encrypts messages automatically.” The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet : James Oppenheim | ||
Bushu Hero Username: Bushu Post Number: 15140 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 50.247.202.75 Rating: N/A |
right. need to get updated: >> so·cial net·work noun 1. a network of social interactions and personal relationships. 2. a dedicated website or other application that enables users to communicate with each other by posting information, comments, messages, images, etc. | ||
Mrhyderabad Hero Username: Mrhyderabad Post Number: 13410 Registered: 01-2008 Posted From: 47.187.24.61 Rating: N/A |
What is the meaning of your ID? Just curious... And i agree with your take on WA Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein | ||
Madhwapathi Junior Artist Username: Madhwapathi Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2018 Posted From: 49.207.18.209 Rating: N/A |
I gave an explanation in my post. WA is not a social network from that angle Madhyatharagathi Madhwapathi | ||
Bushu Hero Username: Bushu Post Number: 15139 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 50.247.202.75 Rating: |
my definition is clear. what do YOU define one as? tech journalist not knowing that whatsapp is a social network and not just a random messaging service is funny. | ||
Madhwapathi Junior Artist Username: Madhwapathi Post Number: 7 Registered: 10-2018 Posted From: 49.207.18.209 Rating: N/A |
Depends on what you define as a social networking platform. WhatsApp is obviously different from Facebook/Instagram/Twitter in that you can't follow someone arbitrarily on WhatsApp. You have to be either in a group or in a 1:1 conversation thread to interact on the platform. Unlike Facebook/Instagram/Twitter - there are NO public posts. All messages are encrypted and visible within the group only. WhatsApp is a messaging service and NOT a social network from that point of view. Having said that, if you define social network as a service where 2 or more people exchange information, yes - WA becomes a social network. Farhad Manjoo is probably subscribing to the first school of thought. That's fine - It doesn't mean he and NYT are tech illiterates. Madhyatharagathi Madhwapathi | ||
Bushu Hero Username: Bushu Post Number: 15137 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 146.115.100.52 Rating: N/A |
of course. but the bigger picture is this guy's claim that whatsapp is not a social network. can't get dumber. in brazil, whatsapp banned thousands of suspicious accounts. sure impact on the election scenario there. same thing will happen in India. | ||
Biggboss Side Hero Username: Biggboss Post Number: 5956 Registered: 08-2017 Posted From: 24.6.111.180 Rating: N/A |
this is true right, Whatsapp uses e2e encryption (uses Signal protocol) | ||
Bushu Hero Username: Bushu Post Number: 15134 Registered: 04-2009 Posted From: 146.115.100.52 Rating: |
ee farhad manjoo gadu alla tech beat lo kinguu.. whatsapp power inka thelvatledhu edhavalaki. eellu democrats ki intellectual supporters. no wonder itla sacharu. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/technology/fixing-whatsap p-disinformation-human-nature.html >> Unlike Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, WhatsApp isn’t a social network. It is mostly a bare-bones texting app in which most conversations are private and unmediated by any kind of algorithm meant to amp up engagement. This design means WhatsApp has little control over what content takes off and what doesn’t; in most cases, the company cannot even see what is happening on WhatsApp, because the service encrypts messages automatically. |
