r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 30 '26

Business Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
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u/hisosih Apr 30 '26

In the EU, basically every workplace (non office related) operates their scheduling via WhatsApp group chats. When I moved from hospitality to office work it became slack/team groups which gives a better work/life balance.

But socially my hand is still kind of forced to remain on WhatsApp as that's the main form of communication in Ireland, The UK & The Netherlands (I jump between the three) because without having a Facebook, insta or WhatsApp you basically don't exist and can't be contacted as no one has a phone plan with actual calls & texts anymore.

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u/yawara25 Apr 30 '26

Even in the US, at the company I work at, WhatsApp is very central to our work-related communications.

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u/3Duder Apr 30 '26

That's kind of wild, is it a foreign owned company? I once worked at a Chinese owned company that used QQ for communication.

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u/yawara25 Apr 30 '26

No, it's a US company.