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That's because it was still an iOS-exclusive.

People forget that the Android app and the aquisition announcement came out like one week apart. The basic web version didn't come out until half a year later.

My point is it already had a solid rich, influencer-y userbase + was about to become available on more platforms. Aquisition definitely had an impact on the user growth, but the growth itself was already inevitable.



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