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WhatsApp Testing Message Limits to Combat Spam

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Popular Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp may soon introduce new message limits that could cut down on spam. According to TechCrunch, WhatsApp is testing a feature that restricts the number of messages that individual users and businesses are able to send to unknown people without getting a response.

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All messages that are sent will count against the per-month limit, which has not yet been established. WhatsApp is testing different limits to determine what works best, and the testing will be conducted in multiple countries in the coming weeks.

When a person or business is close to hitting the limit, WhatsApp will display a pop-up warning with the remaining number of messages that can be sent, so users can avoid being blocked from sending messages entirely.

According to WhatsApp, the average user will not hit the limit, with the controls designed to cut down on spam messages. A message that is sent and receives a reply will not count toward the message limit.

Spam on WhatsApp is a major problem due to the worldwide popularity of the app, and the company has been working to curb spam over the last few years. WhatsApp has added tools for easily blocking someone from the Lock Screen, unsubscribing from marketing messages, and leaving unwanted groups, plus it has introduced limits for bulk messaging from new users.

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Monthly limit won't do anything to stop people just making more disposable accounts when they run out.
Should have a limit on the number of messages per minute to strangers that doesn't end just because the account is no longer "new."
 
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macfacts said:
I have no problem with spam with WhatsApp.
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Thats because it isnt a problem for the most part. This is Meta setting the stage for tiered message plans that harken back to the days before unlimited text messages.

I am positively stunned reading the comment with people in favour actually imposing restrictions. And worse that they believe it’s because of spam.

We are so cooked if people are this gullible and “soft.”
 
ultratiem said:
Thats because it isnt a problem for the most part. This is Meta setting the stage for tiered message plans that harken back to the days before unlimited text messages.

I am positively stunned reading the comment with people in favour actually imposing restrictions. And worse that they believe it’s because of spam.

We are so cooked if people are this gullible and “soft.”
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Maybe because they genuinely are, as they are not really taught to “do research properly”. I don’t even mean prepping research paper level, just a couple minutes of google search and read a few more articles, or write enough prompts to AI and read through responses and think.

I would not be surprised if Facebook starts to charge messages again after X amount, making its “free messaging platform” no longer truly free, but free with limits. Though to be brutally honest, I don’t really mind a conditionally free usage given heavy users SHOULD subsidise most other users.
 
I don't use the app much but this will definitely be useful in cutting down unwanted messages. In general, good for users.
 
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