diff --git a/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.gmi b/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.gmi index 5f490b1..15eb671 100644 --- a/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.gmi +++ b/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.gmi @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +Update: I wrote a follow-up; check it out if you found this article interesting: +=> ../../../2021/02/23/keeping-platforms-open.gmi Keeping platforms open + I have never used WhatsApp, and never will. Despite this, I still feel the need to write an article about WhatsApp since it's the perfect case study to help understand a class of businesses models I call "user domestication". The domestication of users is high on my list of problems plaguing the human race, and is worth a detailed explanation. WhatsApp wasn't the first instant messenger of its kind, and probably won't be the last. I simply chose to focus on WhatsApp since its recent privacy issues have made it a hot topic. diff --git a/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md b/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md index 41bf098..d57171f 100644 --- a/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md +++ b/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ tags: - platforms title: WhatsApp and the domestication of users --- + +*Update: I wrote a follow up: [Keeping platforms open](/2021/02/23/keeping-platforms-open.html). Check it out if you found this article interesting.* + I have never used WhatsApp, and never will. Despite this, I still feel the need to write an article about WhatsApp since it's the perfect case study to help understand a class of businesses models I call "user domestication". The domestication of users is high on my list of problems plaguing the human race, and is worth a detailed explanation. WhatsApp wasn't the first instant messenger of its kind, and probably won't be the last. I simply chose to focus on WhatsApp since its recent privacy issues have made it a hot topic.