On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Dominik George <n...@naturalnet.de> wrote:
> (OK, I can't keep my promise…) > > > People are where their friends are, that's a history-proven fact. > > I think history proved the contrary. If people were staying where there > friends are, then noone would have moved from ICQ to Skype to WhatsApp to > Snapchat. > Except their *friends* moved. > People do move and switch messengers all the time, messenger preference is > evolving more quickly than fashion in clothes nowadays. And this happens > because companies create new things that actually solve issues, and market > them. WhatsApp did marketing with eliminating the need for contact > management, > for example. > > If people stayed where there friends are, then proprietary messengers > wouldn't > take part in battles like they do, e.g. Facebook Messenger competing with > WhatsApp in terms of new features, and hell, those two messengers are even > made by the same people! > > Users do not stay where they are. The find something new and tell their > friends. This works for WhatsApp and Snapchat, because they have cool > things > and cool marketing. It does not work for Telepathy with XMPP because there > is > no cool marketing. > > It's all about features, then marketing, then critical mass. > Precisely. Now I hope you understand my point about the need of staying relevant. Cheers -- Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer
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