Facebook Messenger
part of Facebook includes Facebook Messenger Bot Platform
7 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 5 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · said 49 times in 13 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2019 46 mentions in 10 episodes 5 per episode
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- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2019 →
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
Everything said about Facebook Messenger, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Evans: Facebook Messenger strategy forces Snapchat to compete with entire app store
“So what effectively what Facebook's trying to do is make Snapchat compete with the whole app store. Because Snapchat is only going to have the content that Snapchat dreams up, whereas Facebook Messenger will have the content that anybody can dream up and decid…”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Pierce: Facebook Messenger lacks the network leverage of WeChat
“Facebook Messenger, which is probably the closest US analog to WeChat because WeChat in the US is nothing like WeChat in China, which is really interesting, but Facebook Messenger has this payment backbone. They have sort of an app store. It's not quite the sa…”
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Chan: Chatbots slow down e-commerce; messaging should link to web views
“I think a lot of commerce actually doesn't need the conversation. And I don't think it, the dialogue, the back and forth chat is that additive. I take customer service aside from that because that's an instance where I feel like I want someone listening. I wan…”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Evans: Creating an app store inside Messenger just shifts discovery problems
“It's like, problem, the app store has two million things in it. Solution, create an app store inside Messenger. Problem, the Messenger app store has two million things inside it. Like, if you haven't actually done something, you have to do some other thing. Al…”
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Evans: Facebook Messenger lacks WeChat's circular network effect
“WeChat has achieved the point that its success is circular, that you have to be on WeChat because everyone's on WeChat. Everyone's on WeChat because everyone's on WeChat. All brands are on it. And Facebook clearly isn't in that position at all. Certainly not o…”