We are fans of Kin and believe in its long term potential. MediaLab says that it plans to expand Kin integration in the Kik app: The initial shutdown of Kik Messenger was attributed to the company dedicating its time to its Kin cryptocurrency, which has faced scrutiny from the U.S. MediaLab adds that over the next few months, it will focus on the “basics,” including improving performance and reliability of the Kik app, improving group settings, and fighting spam. In fact, we’re counting on all of you to help point us in the right direction. We have some ideas (yes we want larger group sizes and the ability to remove inactive group admins too) but we don’t pretend to know everything or have all the answers. The announcement was made on the Kik blog, with MediaLab committing to continued development of the Kik Messenger application: As it turns out, Kik Messenger will live on thanks to an acquisition by MediaLab. Last month, it was announced that Kik Messenger would be shutting down as the company pivoted to focus on its Kin cryptocurrency.
