Ukuba i-Instagram ayikho kwimephu, i-WhatsApp inokuphantse ibe thatha irokethi kwaye uqalise kuphononongo lwendawo enkosi kuloo propulsion kunye nomzuzu okhethekileyo wefom azifumana ekuyo. Kule mihla xa etyholwa ngokwabelana ngolwazi lomsebenzisi kwi-Facebook, uMark Zuckerberg uthathe ixesha lakhe ukupapasha idatha yenkampani yakhe kwi-akhawunti yakhe.
Ukusuka kubo kuqokelelwa ukuba i-WhatsApp igqithile 1.200 yezigidigidi abasebenzisi abasebenzayo kuwo wonke umhlaba. Ngokuqinisekileyo ngumntu ohlaselayo kwaye kubonakala ngathi akubonakali ukuyeka ukuqhubeka nokwamkela abantu abaninzi abonwabela ubomi bedijithali ngefowuni. Kwaye iZuckerberg inokuziqhayisa ngokufumana inzuzo eyi-10.127 yezigidi zeedola; eyi-177% ngokwayo kunonyaka ophelileyo.
Kunyaka wonke, i-WhatsApp iphumelele 200 yezigidi zabasebenzisi abatsha, oko kuthetha ukuba kukodwa kujongana nokukhula kwama-20%. Inani elolu hlobo lwenkampani luloyiso olukhulu lokuvula i-champagne kunye nokunye.
Olunye lweempawu ezilungileyo ze-WhatsApp ngoku yile khange "ichukunyiswe" nguFacebook ngendlela yayo. Into eyenzekileyo nge-Instagram, nangona ixhamle kolu tshintsho kwindlela eya kwividiyo kunye nezinye izinto ezinje ngamabali e-Instagram (apha sikubonisa indlela yokwenza enye).
I-WhatsApp ibinayo 2016 kwiindaba ngaphezu umdla. Ukufakwa kweefowuni zevidiyo, ukukwazi ukuthumela ii-GIFs ezinobomi kwi-injini yokukhangela ngokwayo okanye ezo zinto zincinci ezenza amava angcono omsebenzisi, zithetha lukhulu kubomi bemihla ngemihla balabo basebenzisi be-1.200 yezigidigidi. Ungafumana ezona ndaba zilungileyo kule vidiyo.