A farewell to Meerkat from those who called it a community of friends
 

A farewell to Meerkat from those who called it a community of friends
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Meerkat is dead. The mobile app that ignited a live-steaming revolution when it made its debut at South by Southwest 2015 was ******* from the iOS and Android app stores Friday.*

Its funeral has been long awaited as the app battled for attention with Twitter's Periscope and Facebook Live. Meerkat founder and CEO Ben Rubin an**unced a pivot for his company back in March and released his latest project, Houseparty, an app for group video calls, last week.*

SEE ALSO: Teen-friendly app Houseparty comes from an unlikely developer


But the community that Meerkat helped build is alive and wellMashable asked 14 of the earliest users and some of the most-followed app personalities why they used Meerkat and how it influenced their lives. They told us in their own words: Read more...

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