Whatsapp presents a new measure against spam

We usually find chains, hoaxes and scams on WhatsApp. The popular application is one of the most used sites for this type of thing. Something that causes the annoyance of many users. Therefore, measures against spam are announced. The application wants the end of the typical messages of "if you do not forward this to 10 people…".

WhatsApp presents a new measure against spam

The idea of ​​the application is to try to limit the spread of this type of messages as much as possible. So their impact is less and there are fewer and fewer users receiving them. How does WhatsApp want to achieve this?

WhatsApp against spam

Currently, the application gives us the option to mark a user as spam. But, the idea is to go one step further to prevent these contents from spreading. The moment we are going to forward a chain and another spam message, we are going to receive a notice. It will tell us that this message has been forwarded many times. So the application itself will tell us that it is spam.

The application currently allows us to forward a message up to a maximum of 30 times. But now, when we forward a message to 25 contacts we will get this notice. Although it seems that it will not be a definitive tool and that it will arrive with another format to WhatsApp.

Whatever its format, it is good to see that the application is looking for ways to fight spam and the many hoaxes that circulate through it. Since in addition to being annoying for users, it can be dangerous. Since there are many scams circulating. What do you think of this measure?

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