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kingstnap 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore

You named the two biggest platforms [0], YouTube and WhatsApp are the social media.

This is kinda like asking if Saudi Arabia and Russia are petrostates lol.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_social_pl...

womble2 3 months ago [–]

They were made into social media, but when they were aquired they were just video hosting and sms replacements with little (no?) social engagement aspect.

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