Whatsapp App Discussion Thread

[Yo ssi]

Ability to edit a message after sending. (seems to be for a limited time)

[Yehudaa]

(seems to be for a limited time)

I think I read 15 min somewhere.

[~King Lake~]

Wondering what this means?
Is it a new feature? Was it always there?

[Yo ssi]

What's the pros of switching the attachment and emoji buttons location, are they looking to make life difficult?

[dm123]

https://blog.whatsapp.com/introducing-whatsapp-channels-a-private-way-to-follow-what-matters

Introducing WhatsApp Channels. A Private Way to Follow What Matters

Today we’re excited to introduce Channels: a simple, reliable, and private way to receive important updates from people and organizations, right within WhatsApp. We’re building Channels in a new tab called Updates - where you’ll find Status and channels you choose to follow - separate from your chats with family, friends, and communities.

Channels are a one-way broadcast tool for admins to send text, photos, videos, stickers, and polls. To help you select channels to follow, we’re building a searchable directory where you can find your hobbies, sports teams, updates from local officials, and more. You can also get to a channel from invite links sent in chats, e-mail, or posted online.



We’re aspiring to build the most private broadcast service available. This starts by protecting the personal information of both admins and followers. As a channel admin, your phone number and profile photo won’t be shown to followers. Likewise, following a channel won’t reveal your phone number to the admin or other followers. Who you decide to follow is your choice and it’s private.

Similar to how we build messaging, we don’t believe Channel updates should have to stick around forever. So we’ll only store channel history on our servers for up to 30 days and we’ll add ways to make updates disappear even faster from follower’s devices. Admins will also have the option to block screenshots and forwards from their channel.

Lastly, we’ll make it possible for admins to decide who can follow their channel and whether they want their channel to be discoverable in the directory or not. Given the aim of Channels is to reach a wide audience, channels are not end-to-end encrypted by default. We do think there are some cases where end-to-end encrypted channels to a limited audience might make sense, such as a non profit or health organization, and we’re exploring this as a future option as well.

To kick off Channels, we’re excited to work with leading global voices and select organizations in Colombia and Singapore, where Channels will first be available, to build, learn, and adapt the experience. We’ll bring Channels to more countries and the ability for anyone to create a channel over the coming months.

We also believe there is an opportunity to support admins with a way for them to build a business around their channel using our expanding payment services as well as the ability to promote certain channels in the directory to help increase awareness.

Naturally, the core of how people use WhatsApp will continue to be private messaging among friends, family, and communities, and that will always be our first priority. Building channels is a big step our users have asked us to take for years. We think the time is finally right to introduce a simple, reliable, and private broadcast tool and we hope you enjoy using it in the months and years to come.

[lcm]

What's the pros of switching the attachment and emoji buttons location, are they looking to make life difficult?

Same here

[lcm]

https://blog.whatsapp.com/introducing-whatsapp-channels-a-private-way-to-follow-what-matters

Yup, they started dropping hints in the last couple weeks.
Goodbye Whatsapp being a pretty safe app for filtered phones

[Dan]

https://blog.whatsapp.com/introducing-whatsapp-channels-a-private-way-to-follow-what-matters

So it'll be Telegram?
Beginning of end for frum Whatsapp?

[CLEboy]

So it'll be Telegram?
Beginning of end for frum Whatsapp?

I think that’s likely. They were pretty quick the “Assur” Telegram for that reason. On the other hand it will be much harder to do that for something that’s already very well used and “Accepted”.

[~King Lake~]

“Signal app” comeback?

[lcm]

So it'll be Telegram?
Beginning of end for frum Whatsapp?

The pity is that there are even kosher versions of telegram, nothing like that can exist for WhatsApp

[Yo ssi]

The pity is that there are even kosher versions of telegram, nothing like that can exist for WhatsApp

I'm pro the switch

[AMH]

The pity is that there are even kosher versions of telegram, nothing like that can exist for WhatsApp

Certain Filters block the option to view statuses and/or profile photos in WhatsApp app and WhatsApp web so i guess they will also be able to block channel updates.

[AMH]

[lcm]

Certain Filters block the option to view statuses and/or profile photos in WhatsApp app and WhatsApp web so i guess they will also be able to block channel updates.

Good point.
Sometimes those filters block a couple things together. Hopefully it won't be using the same urls for traffic as something else that would want to be kept.

[Alexsei]

Good point.
Sometimes those filters block a couple things together. Hopefully it won't be using the same urls for traffic as something else that would want to be kept.

Livigent filters are much smarter and penetrate much deeper than URLs, every packet is analyzed

[AMH]

Good point.
Sometimes those filters block a couple things together. Hopefully it won't be using the same urls for traffic as something else that would want to be kept.

Most of these filters are customizable so that should not be a problem each thing has its own block.
Status/video sharing/profile pictures/groups/join group with link Etc.

[Abebee]

I don't like these updates. Bring back the simple whatsapp please

[ah giten]

I don't like these updates. Bring back the simple whatsapp please

They need it to make it profitable in some way.

[Abebee]

They need it to make it profitable in some way.

Agreed, so charge the users.