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Think Twitter s the biggest microblogging service? Take a look at SMS GupShup

Posted on June 19, 2008

I m a big fan of Twitter. I ve been using the service only for a short time, and that s been enough to make me an addict. Yet amazing though Twitter s growth is, it pales in comparison to the adoption rate for another microblogging service: India s SMS GupShup. Twitter has over 1 million users, by TechCrunch s estimates (Twitter declined to give out absolute numbers). SMS GupShup has amassed over 7 million in the shorter time since its launch. Earlier this week on my blog, I explained how SMS GupShup has managed to scale to higher usage without missing a beat thanks to the way they...

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