WhatsApp, then at about 450 million monthly users, will reach 1 billion users (inferred window: about 2 years).
Accurate ●●●●●
“WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people.”
- Said on
- 19 February 2014 · Facebook press release announcing the WhatsApp acquisition
- Source
- Facebook to Acquire WhatsApp · Meta Newsroom
- Should come true
- No date given
- How sure they sounded
- is on a path to (stated as fact)
- Categories
- Technology
- Importance
- 2 of 5 · Justified the $19 billion WhatsApp acquisition, the largest of its kind, and the scale of global messaging.
Outcome
Accurate Happened 1 February 2016.
No window stated; "on a path to" implies the near term, inferred as about 2 years. WhatsApp announced 1 billion users on February 1, 2016, just under two years later.
- https://blog.whatsapp.com/616/One-billion
- https://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/02/facebooks-whatsapp-hits-1-billion-users.html
History
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