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Luckily the vast majority of our traffic is between Heysan-Heysan users.

On a high level IM is becoming a commodity. I'm not bullish on the long-term survival of MSN Messenger in it's current form. Facebook has just launched a much more relevant IM service than MSN or AIM will ever be.

The fundamental problem with IM remains, it's hard to monetize. As is social networking. With a built-in micropayment system the chances of succeeding there increases. That's why mobile makes a massive difference.



Were you more bullish on pure mobile IM when you started or was micropayments always in the roadmap?




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