Difference Between Facebook and Whatsapp (Social Networking)
Facebook Vs Whatsapp
WhatsApp is an application, specially created for smartphones, which allows its users to perform fast messaging. Now, if we talk about Facebook,
it is quite different, it allows its users to share and post their
personal moments, feelings and emotions with their friends at the same
time along with messaging.
FaceBook
Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. It is a
website that enables a user to share photos, videos, posts, etc.
Moreover, users can join communities of common interest known as
‘Groups’. Facebook has Online Chat feature that allows online users to
chat. It further gives a ‘Like’ button which allows users to like a
particular photo, video or comment. It is another way for a user to
express that he/her likes, supports or enjoys a certain photo or
comment.
Facebook has a lot of branches like, ads, online games, video calls,
recent updates of friends, etc. It only requires an email id and an
internet connection. A user can search his/her friends on Facebook and
add them into their ‘Friends List’. This is a very good feature by which
the user who has lost contact with others can connect with them on
Facebook. Facebook is a widely used website by over 1 billion active
users
Whatsapp
Whatsapp is an application that is used on smart phones by people to
text each other using internet service on their phones. To text over
internet is known as instant messaging. Whatsapp was founded in 2009 by
Brian Acton and Jan Koum in California. Whatsapp can be installed on a
wide range of platforms. It is available on Android, IOS, Symbian Series
40 and Series 60, BlackBerry OS, Blackberry 10 and Windows Phone. It is
available free of cost for one year and post that charges of $0.99 will
be applied every year.
To use Whatsapp, users only need to install it to their phone.
Whatsapp gets configured on the user’s phone number rather than using
any email id. When installed, Whatsapp communicates to its main server
and compares the contacts in user’s phone. It automatically adds the
people who are already using Whatsapp to the ‘Contact List’ of the user.
It is a faster way to send messages to people and that too free of
cost. Whatsapp also allows users to form a group and chat, known as
‘Group Chat’. Moreover, it allows users to send photos, music, videos
and contact details to other users. Till August 6, 2013, Whatsapp had
over 300 million active users and shared over 325 million photos
everyday.
Whatsapp is a revolution for the instant messaging applications.
Also, it is very effective and user friendly. However, Facebook gives a
complete social network platform to people. Both are excellent at their
platforms and do their best for service.
Comparison
Chart
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Basis
for Comparison
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WhatsApp
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Facebook
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Meaning
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WhatsApp is an application that
permits user to enjoy texting service over the internet.
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Facebook is an online website that
allows user to connect with a lot of people to build a social circle.
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Created by
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Brian Acton
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Mark Zuckerberg
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Released in
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2009
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2004
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Features
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The user can chat and call with
their WhatApp contacts along with sharing videos, photos, audio and voice
message.
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The user can chat, make a call
(both voice & video), play games online, news feed and updates, pages,
groups, sharing stuff, etc.
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Like and Comment option
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No
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Yes
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Privacy option in profile picture
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Nobody, My contacts, Everyone
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Only me, Friends, Custom, Public
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Phone Number
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Must
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Depends on the user's discretion.
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Who can join you?
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Only your phone contacts.
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Anyone can join you by simply
sending a friend request.
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Need to log in
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No
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Yes
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