WhatsApp to tell you how many times your message has been forwarded
WhatsApp
is developing two new features called "Forwarding Info" and
"Frequently Forwarded". Forwarding Info tells you how many times a
message you sent to others has been forwarded. This information is shown in the
Message Info section which is accessed by long pressing the sent message and
then tapping on the info icon that appears at the top.
WABetaInfo reports
that this feature only works with the message you have sent to others, and, if
you want to find out the forwarded count for the message you have received, you
will have to send it to someone else (or yourself) and then check the count in
the Message Info section.
The other feature called Frequently Forwarded adds a
"Frequently forwarded" label above a sent message when it has been
forwarded more than four times. The report says you won't see a forward count
for a message if it has been forwarded five or more times.
Both these features were spotted on WhatsApp's beta
app for Android with version 2.19.80, but even if you use this version of the
app, they may not be available to you. Furthermore, there's no guarantee of
these features ever seeing the light of day, but we are hopeful that the
testing will go smooth and these features will be eventually rolled out to all
users around the globe.
These
features should turn out to be helpful to users in determining whether a
message they received is widely circulated, and if it is, then chances are it
might contain fake information.
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