It gives you more control over who can see your posts.
, I personally feel like the Private Audience Selector is the most useful addition announced today. The feature lets you change who can see your statuses, with the option to show it to everyone, hide it from certain contacts, or only show it to specific people. According to Meta, the options you pick will be the default for the next status you post, but you’ll be able to change it without changing the visibility of past statuses.
The Private Audience Selector is similar to Instagram’s Close Friends list, Snapchat’s Private Stories, or Twitter’s Circles.Other features are small quality-of-life improvements. Statuses that include links will also be more visually appealing — Meta says there’ll now be previews for the site or page that the link will take you to.
These all seem like good additions to the status feature, but I do wonder how many people will use them. Some of my colleagues who use WhatsApp say they’ve never seen anybody post a status, and I’ve definitely heard more people reference competing products like Stories on Snapchat or Instagram . If you’re a WhatsApp user, sound off in the comments if you or your friends are big fans of statuses — or if Tuesday’s announcement might entice you to give them a try.
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