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0 pointsandreilys6y ago0 comments

>To me, that seems like a cultural thing unique to Silicon Valley that the rest of the world does not necessarily want.

In China WeChat is synonymous with both your business and personal life.

When networking and meeting business contacts you don’t give out your LinkedIn, you give out your WeChat.

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Is WeChat a social network or a messaging platform? I realise it is expanding, but I'd have no problem doing talking business on WhatsApp (which is the closest analogue to what I understand it to be for).

r00fus6y ago

The answer is both. Look at FB - major usage is FB messenger.

mdpye6y ago

Which is a separate app and doesn't leak much to the people you talk to (does it? I don't really use FB or Messenger anymore, I don't remember if you have to be friends to get messages delivered)

Obviously, it leaks loads to Facebook.

chomp6y ago

Do people have multiple WeChat accounts in China?

9nGQluzmnq3M6y ago

You need to provide government ID to unlock many features of WeChat, so that's likely difficult.

mgbmtl6y ago

I don't know from within China, but from outside China, you can link it to a VoIP account.

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0 pointsandreilys6y ago0 comments

>To me, that seems like a cultural thing unique to Silicon Valley that the rest of the world does not necessarily want.

In China WeChat is synonymous with both your business and personal life.

When networking and meeting business contacts you don’t give out your LinkedIn, you give out your WeChat.

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mdpye6y ago

r00fus6y ago

The answer is both. Look at FB - major usage is FB messenger.

mdpye6y ago

Which is a separate app and doesn't leak much to the people you talk to (does it? I don't really use FB or Messenger anymore, I don't remember if you have to be friends to get messages delivered)

Obviously, it leaks loads to Facebook.

chomp6y ago

Do people have multiple WeChat accounts in China?

9nGQluzmnq3M6y ago

You need to provide government ID to unlock many features of WeChat, so that's likely difficult.

mgbmtl6y ago

I don't know from within China, but from outside China, you can link it to a VoIP account.

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