diff --git a/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.gmi b/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.gmi index 24e98c4..8a2aaa7 100644 --- a/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.gmi +++ b/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.gmi @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 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. + With the meta-explanation out of the way, let us begin. ## WhatsApp's rise diff --git a/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md b/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md index 4d6578c..35c9cd0 100644 --- a/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md +++ b/content/posts/whatsapp-and-the-domestication-of-users.md @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ title: WhatsApp and the domestication of users --- 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. + With the meta-explanation out of the way, let us begin. WhatsApp's rise