Today more than a billion people are using WhatsApp

and still the company will listen to our petition, because it is very doable and agrees with their idea of getting ever more users. We thank you for being the first 53 friends who have signed. The change.org server was just telling me, that only 15% of their petitions reach 50 signatures or more. Please do not get the wrong idea from the funny counter on the webpage: We do not want to hand over our request with 100 signatures. We are hoping for 20.000 signatures or more. Zaskes do not have so many personal friends, but there are even more West Africans today, who would benefit, from the extra letters in WhatsApp. Maybe even other parts of the world will jump unto this, because the Noto fonts are covering many languages' needs. I guess, we need to get something like a snowball thing going: Each supporter who cares for this issue, could tell two personal friends. Maybe you can explain what is needed, so that they also will care - and then sign. And hopefully also contact two more people each. Yes, sorry, you have given me your little finger and now I want to grab your hand. Well, we are doing a good thing, prompting a company who likes languages already to not overlook the minorities. And just for your enjoyment: - 53 signatures - from 11 nationalities - representing maybe 14 languages - and signing from Benin, USA, Togo, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, France, Nigeria, Thailand, and Spain I will try not spamming you every 24 hours, this is just the initial excitement. And wanting to say thank you (again). And if you can already write in your mother tongue - maybe send a nice thought to your first primary teacher. ;) App and even Apper! Martin Zaske The QR tagg is a link to the petition for those who like that sort of thing. It is late and maybe a French version will find its way to me tomorrow.