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The other day I was downvoted here for mentioning not being able to restore a local backup is bonkers. Many people like me lost years of chat history because th

The other day I was downvoted here for mentioning not being able to restore a local backup is bonkers. Many people like me lost years of chat history because they moved everything to Google Drive. The "stories" feature is just plain stupid. It doesn't make any sense. Also the "business" thing is you with an AI chatbot that just offers a crappy answer and you'll need to contact a human anyway. One of the worst cases of software enshittification.

froidpink 2y ago
The stories feature is actually the most used stories product in the world (more than IG or Snapchat)
- meiraleal 2y ago
  There is zero chance the whatsapp stories have more views than IG stories.
  - edgarvaldes 2y ago
    Maybe not in the US?
    - joseda-hg 2y ago
      I can vouch for a large amount of usage in LATAM, people that won't bother with instagram (like older folks) eat it up, just swipe and you're watching your nephews birthday photos, just like Mr Facebook intended
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tokioyoyo 2y ago
You’ll be very surprised if you saw internal dashboards for each feature usage.
- nitwit005 2y ago
  I'm sure that's true, as that's how the company operates, but it's always a bit difficult to interpret. Meta has kind of been king of "this feature shows an amazing number of interactions", and large numbers of people seemingly genuinely hating it.
  - toast0 2y ago
    Those two things can both be true. When one is judged on 'impact', but not judged on 'postive impact'... Having a lot of people interact with your feature and hate it counts.
ValentineC 2y ago
> The other day I was downvoted here for mentioning not being able to restore a local backup is bonkers. Many people like me lost years of chat history because they moved everything to Google Drive. I remember how it used to be impossible to migrate chat history from Android back to iOS. It looks like the feature was only implemented some time this year (!): https://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-chat-transfer-cross-platform-3451454/ https://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-chat-transfer-cros...

froidpink 2y ago

The stories feature is actually the most used stories product in the world (more than IG or Snapchat)

meiraleal 2y ago
There is zero chance the whatsapp stories have more views than IG stories.
- edgarvaldes 2y ago
  Maybe not in the US?
  - joseda-hg 2y ago
    I can vouch for a large amount of usage in LATAM, people that won't bother with instagram (like older folks) eat it up, just swipe and you're watching your nephews birthday photos, just like Mr Facebook intended
- deleted 2y ago
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tokioyoyo 2y ago

You’ll be very surprised if you saw internal dashboards for each feature usage.

nitwit005 2y ago
I'm sure that's true, as that's how the company operates, but it's always a bit difficult to interpret. Meta has kind of been king of "this feature shows an amazing number of interactions", and large numbers of people seemingly genuinely hating it.
- toast0 2y ago
  Those two things can both be true. When one is judged on 'impact', but not judged on 'postive impact'... Having a lot of people interact with your feature and hate it counts.

ValentineC 2y ago

> The other day I was downvoted here for mentioning not being able to restore a local backup is bonkers. Many people like me lost years of chat history because they moved everything to Google Drive. I remember how it used to be impossible to migrate chat history from Android back to iOS. It looks like the feature was only implemented some time this year (!): https://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-chat-transfer-cross-platform-3451454/ https://www.androidauthority.com/whatsapp-chat-transfer-cros...