Everything Chris Messina said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Messina: The web has completely failed as an identity and payment platform
“So when I think about the failure of the web as the platform, it's because it's so heavy. It's because, you know, ad blockers are in ascendancy because the web is so slow for most of the world that we don't have sensitivity to that. And so when it comes to ide…”
Messina: Chatbots are currently dumb and shouldn't replace all web interfaces
“I actually agree with you that chat isn't the right thing for all things. One of the critiques that I got, of course, from the piece that I wrote about conversational commerce was, well, it was your critique, which is, well, you know, it doesn't make sense to …”
Messina: Conversational software is a paradigm spanning chat and voice platforms
“It's about conversational software as being a new paradigm for releasing and launching services, features, and tools in a way that previously people didn't have that expectation. And so that's the shift that I see in terms of this new runtime and that those co…”
Messina: Searching for the 'WeChat of the West' is unhelpful
“There is, and has been this meme, which I have nothing to do with and don't think that it's that useful of figuring out what the WeChat of the West is going to be. And it's actually not that interesting of a question.”
Messina: Users abandon social platforms when aggressive monetization begins
“Successively, though, you see generations of people using social media abandon the previous generation once they move into monetization mode because they start to abuse the users.”
Messina: Facebook beat Apple Pay to web checkout integration
“And they beat Apple pay to the web, which I think is, is hugely important for the developing world and for people who live in environments that are not at all like ours.”
Messina: Facebook remains a strong long-term platform as markets mature
“I think with a maturing market that starts to understand the power and utility of internet access and internet identity, Facebook is actually a pretty good platform to build on for the longterm.”
Messina: Facebook Login is integrated into 70% of top global apps
“I mean, they said yesterday that Facebook login is used across 70% of apps out there in the world.”
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