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You can choose to not let unknown numbers message you. I have no idea why that isn't the default.
by paxys 2y ago
You can choose to not let unknown numbers message you. I have no idea why that isn't the default.
- bittwiddle 2y agoWhile great for a personal Whatsapp, this kind of defeats the point of using it for a business.
- thisissomething 2y agoI believe he meant that you (personal account) can use this feature to protect yourself from scam companies using Whatsapp Business to "cold call" you
- HeyLaughingBoy 2y agoNot really. Many businesses have a fixed set of customers that changes very infrequently. e.g., many wholesalers may only have a small handful of customers that they sell to.
- kburman 2y ago"Only if they exceed a certain volume." Who knows what's that certain volume? And why can't I block all?
- paxys 2y agoWhat are you talking about?
- kburman 2y agohttps://faq.whatsapp.com/3379690015658337/?cms_platform=web&locale=en_US https://faq.whatsapp.com/3379690015658337/?cms_platform=web&... > If Block unknown account messages is turned on, WhatsApp will block messages from unknown accounts when they exceed a high volume. During this period, your contacts can message you as usual. Message blocking stops after message rates return to normal.
- manquer 2y agoThis kind of product design of opt out instead of opt in and non transparent processes is why I refuse to use these apps. I could even live with their dumb default choices, if they had Open official APIs to consumers, for third party services to offer these kind of add on blocks A small subset of users who really care will use it like ad blockers and they will only loose marginal revenue, and there would be uneasy truce where user freedom and business profit could both live, but they want to squeeze every last bit of money from their users . We are basically asked to bring a knife to a nuclear fight an against an endless army. Why bother?