Oh wow, it’s like the death of MySpace all over again! RIP Kik. https://t.co/LkTtQsaEMQ
— Zak Kaufman (@zatara214) September 23, 2019
RIP Kik, one less chat app I've had sitting on my phone for ages because nazis were once radicalizing teens on it or whatever https://t.co/rc7eKHJIrQ
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) September 24, 2019
Unlimited government resources v. an embattled CEO. The SEC broke him. https://t.co/lxh8bwfNwB
— Michael Arrington (@arrington) September 24, 2019
. @ted_livingston confirms Kik will be shutdown
— Pick A Crypto | FA & TA | Amateur Trader ? (@PickACrypto) September 24, 2019
While there will be a ton of FUD around $KIN, if you read the article you'll find that in order to focus on KIN, these are the steps they had to take.
They are focusing on KIN 100% from here on.
https://t.co/6jRWDS2Sm0
Jesus. Just two years ago, 50% of American high schoolers were on Kik. And they turned down multi-billion dollar offers from Chinese buyers.
— Tero Kuittinen (@teroterotero) September 24, 2019
A messaging app used by 40% of US teenagers in 2016 shuts down to focus on cryptocurrency. Goes to show
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) September 24, 2019
• monetizing messaging apps is hard
• social media apps need to constantly innovate to keep a young audience (the Snapchat approach) https://t.co/8x930g1E5t
“As of May 2016, Kik Messenger had approximately 300 million registered users, and was used by approximately 40% of United States teenagers.” https://t.co/saEKBbOe6d
— Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover) September 24, 2019
Today Kik announced its shutting the app down https://t.co/50vOukNsfV pic.twitter.com/o8LDhP375I
What’s the point of $KIN when the @Kik app shuts down ??♀️??♀️??♀️
— Dovey Wan ? ? (@DoveyWan) September 24, 2019
“Utility token” is such a joke when it’s fully dependent on a centrally operated application https://t.co/g8MvmVVupj
So this is starting to get really interesting. @coindesk published an article in which it claims that Kik CEO Ted Livingston sent drunken misdirected messages to a reporter saying that he is quitting from Kik and that he is "not going to jail for this.”https://t.co/g69Ut3TrrV
— Larry Cermak (@lawmaster) September 24, 2019
We are all in on Kin. Going forward we will be singularly focused on one thing: converting millions of Kin users into millions of Kin buyers. More here: https://t.co/qx4CWRTGay
— Ted Livingston (@ted_livingston) September 24, 2019
I just landed in Washington. I took off from Tel Aviv 12 hours ago. This is obviously fabricated. I’m not sure how Coindesk could make such an obvious mistake, but we’ll find out https://t.co/SjL9wMVGkp
— Ted Livingston (@ted_livingston) September 24, 2019
You might say it Kik’d the bucket https://t.co/oOm7up749n
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) September 23, 2019
ICYMI: @BetaKit was first to report this huge #cdntech news last night. Also a good time to mention that Ted will be on the BetaKit-produced #ElevateTechFest Money stage tomorrow. https://t.co/bOAOgKUhBG
— Douglas Tr0n Soltys (@tron) September 24, 2019
A messaging app used by 40% of US teenagers in 2016 shuts down to focus on cryptocurrency. Goes to show
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) September 24, 2019
• monetizing messaging apps is hard
• social media apps need to constantly innovate to keep a young audience (the Snapchat approach) https://t.co/8x930g1E5t
am 100% sure @pearsonified would agree w u.
— ࿆ (@agnotology42) September 24, 2019
to invalidate my earlier Tweet, their is Kik which is apparently shutting down their growing social network to focus resources on their Kin cryptocurrency. this after Pinterest is public & Twitter stock uphttps://t.co/gOvPdDKIlx
Kik's on the way out, as the company shifts its efforts to Kinhttps://t.co/iHg853fR4R
— Isabelle Kirkwood (@isabelle_kirk) September 23, 2019
Tip @techmeme. Sad to see. The last big Canadian chat app goes down. https://t.co/bOAOgKUhBG
— Douglas Tr0n Soltys (@tron) September 23, 2019
Wearables | Kik Messenger is closing down as company fights SEC over cryptocurrency ruling https://t.co/cUdNkJS0Mc | @9to5mac pic.twitter.com/QaRk06iuhF
— AppleWatchGuru (@AppleWatchGuru) September 24, 2019
Lmfaoooo https://t.co/5hSptcNS0o
— Justin ? (@slightlyice) September 24, 2019
Hey LS community!https://t.co/UkRyGnoUEj
— casualswinger (@casualswinger) September 24, 2019