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WhatsApp’s new Channels feature brings social media to your messaging app
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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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Why can't a messaging app just send messages? Why does it have to include a social network?!
I keep thinking of moving back to XMPP lately. This guy says it better than I would have.
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