Asian and African super apps are following the playbook WeChat originated
The description of “shake” is something that I would expect to have “in the West” as well, by now, but still... nothing. Connecting to someone’s online identity when meeting or soon afterward is still somewhat awkward - either rely on old-school phone numbers, which are long and error-prone, or on names and usernames you can misspell.<p>I get that it’s hard to do this while respecting the more privacy-oriented sensibilities “we” have, but surely it’s not impossible. Is there anything I’m missing, like some cool app that teenagers use...? LinkedIn, for example, should absolutely add it.