Uma i-Instagram ingekho ebalazweni, i-WhatsApp ibingacishe icishe thatha irokhethi futhi uqalise ekuhloleni isikhala ngenxa yalokho kuqhutshwa kanye nomzuzu okhethekile wesimo azithola ekuso. Kulezi zinsuku lapho esolwa ngokuhlanganyela imininingwane yabasebenzisi kuFacebook, uMark Zuckerberg uzinike isikhathi ukushicilela imininingwane yenkampani yakhe ku-akhawunti yakhe.
Kubo kuqoqelwa ukuthi iWhatsApp yeqe ifayili le- 1.200 billion abasebenzisi abasebenzayo kuwo wonke umhlaba. Isibalo esihlazo impela futhi kubonakala ngathi akubonakali simile ukuqhubeka nokwamukela esifubeni saso abantu abaningi abajabulela leyo mpilo yedijithali ngomakhalekhukhwini. Futhi ukuthi iZuckerberg ingaziqhayisa ngokuthola inzuzo isiyonke yamadola ayizigidi eziyi-10.127; okungu-177% kukodwa ngaphezu konyaka odlule.
Ngonyaka wonke, iWhatsApp inqobile 200 million abasebenzisi abasha, okusho ngokwako ukuthi ibhekene nokukhula kwama-20%. Isibalo sokuthi lolu hlobo lwenkampani luyimpumelelo enkulu yokuvula i-champagne nokuningi.
Enye yezimfanelo ezinhle kakhulu ze-WhatsApp njengamanje yilokho ayikaze "ithintwe" yi-Facebook ngefomethi yayo. Okuthile okwenzekile nge-Instagram, yize kuzuzile kulolu shintsho ekuqondeni kwevidiyo nezinye izinto ezifana ne-Instagram Stories (lapha sikukhombisa ukuthi ungayenza kanjani eyodwa).
I-WhatsApp iye yaba nayo a 2016 ezindabeni ngaphezu kokuthakazelisa. Ukufakwa kwamakholi wevidiyo, ikhono lokuthumela ama-GIF opopayi asuka enjinini yokusesha ngokwayo noma lezo zindlela ezintsha eziqanjiwe ezakha umuzwa ongcono wabasebenzisi, kusho lukhulu ezimpilweni zansuku zonke zalabo basebenzisi abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.200. Ungathola izindaba ezihamba phambili kule vidiyo.
