WeChat has integrated payment into their platforms — encryption + Facebook coin is Facebook's next step to becoming global seamless platform@karaswisher: moving away from social media (towards messaging) is Zuckerberg's abdication of responsibility
https://t.co/nyKzivxP1z

— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) March 9, 2019

.@karaswisher saw internal Snapchat data showing that "Snapchat ads reach more 13- to 24-year-olds in the United States than ads on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger combined." Hmm- could this be behind Mark Zuckerberg's about-face on strategy? https://t.co/kNdkJBJ3Nb

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) March 9, 2019

Any Chinese would recognize Zuckerberg's vision for FB: a private messaging platform for many other services, incld calls, groups, businesses, payments & commerce. It's literally a description of WeChat. What does FB need to do to emulate WeChat?from me https://t.co/ZAOndcjyvN

— Li Yuan (@LiYuan6) March 8, 2019

A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking https://t.co/01jCTW0xxQ Seriously, what Mark wants to really do is to clone Wechat & they have now decided that the blockchain technology is their solution to their payments problem, given Visa & Mastercard charge them an arm & leg.

— Bernard Leong (@bernardleong) March 10, 2019

By shifting focus to private messaging, Facebook is getting closer to emulating WeChat, which has made Apple's control of iOS largely irrelevant in China. Welcome to tech's next big rivalry? https://t.co/UuAPCXfZNb

— Dries Buytaert (@Dries) March 10, 2019

Zuckerberg's shrewd "pivot to privacy" framing has dominated the conversation. But it's really a pivot to messaging—and iMessage is the biggest thing standing in the way. https://t.co/PJUrxOCmXR pic.twitter.com/HP9RHptpKY

— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) March 8, 2019

Truth. Facebook's core products aren't going away, they will still abuse your privacy. Privacy products and features are a play to own all your communications and data. @karaswisher is correct, this is not about values, it's about dominance. https://t.co/GDsqW2lGud

— Andrew Mueller (@AndrewMueller) March 8, 2019

It's pretty obvious that Mark Zuckerberg's new vision for a Facebook mega app has one direct parallel — China's WeChat. New from @nickstatt and I: https://t.co/0IYlTaf4nk

— Shannon Liao (@Shannon_Liao) March 8, 2019

Facebook wants to be WeChat #wechat #facebook #ecommerce #messaging @verge https://t.co/UCuingJWyA

— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) March 9, 2019

Facebook wants to be WeChat https://t.co/O1zZmK5Mmb pic.twitter.com/Lwo1YfNk9v

— The Verge (@verge) March 9, 2019

Facebook wants to be WeChat https://t.co/nyxAHnFBRc di @Verge

— emanuele menietti (@emenietti) March 9, 2019

Facebook wants to be WeChat https://t.co/O1zZmK5Mmb pic.twitter.com/v7SAcQZrDA

— The Verge (@verge) March 8, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg sees Facebook’s future in messaging with payments and services—but with WeChat, China’s consumers are already there https://t.co/fG50H7VND9 via @WSJ

— toomas hendrik ilves (@IlvesToomas) March 8, 2019