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ereckers on Feb 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: WhatsApp is down

100 new registrations every second... wow.

And I thought the Facebook hate was mainly in the tech circles. I guess it's a real "thing". 100 registrations per second can't all be HNers.

dubbel on Feb 22, 2014 [–]

I read that Germans are really into the alternative messengers right now. My Facebook feed with old (non-techy) highschool friends is full of "Go Threema" or "You can reach me via Telegram".

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