WhatsApp's Community-exclusive Events feature is now available for group chats

30 June 2024
But only for those who are beta users.

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HatingEqually, 03 Jul 2024I'm not even calling every features in Windows 10 and ... moreEven in EU, I'm pretty certain that a good number of users would not agree with you that Microsoft Edge and Copilot are useless. At some point, you should be able to realise that this is your own opinion. Granted, some may share your opinion, but it'd not change the fact that it's not objective.

And good luck expecting tech manufacturers to not bundle some of their services in their product. Just about every manufacturer out their would love to have the kind of ecosystem Apple have. They'd love to lock you into their platform, keep you using some—if not all—of their services. At the end of the day, it's business.

If I was a manufacturer, I'd want that, too. You're free to think that you wouldn't want that. But good luck expecting a typical OS maker to not include some of their productsl/services (such as browser and AI thingy) in the system. You're very realistic, after all.

    Cyberchum, 02 Jul 2024Says the person who would have not wanted more features/fun... moreI'm not even calling every features in Windows 10 and 11 "bloats". I find Tabs on File Explorer, WSA, "End Task" feature on Taskbar, and many other things useful...
    ...while they also introduced MOREEEEEEE useless things, like Copilot, Microsoft Edge (give us, a non-EU citizen, an option to uninstall smh), upcoming AI on Paint (please make this a downloadable feature instead goddamn), Recall (thanksfully they "recalled" it), Phone Link (not everyone needs to link their phone to their PC), etc. Not to mention the more aggresive telemetry ever since Windows 10.

      HatingEqually, 01 Jul 2024It's the same reason though: chatting. I might be unde... moreYes, I could also say that if I want to communicate with someone, I visit/meet them or email/call them. So, why use WhatsApp? All the other smartphone IMs that came after WhatsApp, why do they exist?

        HatingEqually, 01 Jul 2024You might be the same kind of person who don't have pr... moreSays the person who would have not wanted more features/functions if Windows stayed the way it was in the early version. I bet that there were people who regarded/called some of the features you use on windows today bloat when they were first introduced. Lol

          Cyberchum, 30 Jun 2024If only you were as good at typing as you are at laughing. ... moreIF only you could make a sensible argument instead of going 'ad hominem' route... xD

            Cyberchum, 30 Jun 2024You could simply ignore them. You aren't the only one ... moreYou might be the same kind of person who don't have problem when Windows keeps getting bloatier everytime.
            "How do I disable Microsoft Edge? Or uninstall Copilot?"
            "Just ignore it, man. You aren't the only one on this planet."

              User. Hi., 30 Jun 2024That you don't use it doesn't mean it's not ... moreIt's the same reason though: chatting. I might be understand related to this Communities (thought they might don't need to create a separate page from Chats for that), but how about Channel? If I want to know about the latest information from someone or something, I go to Instagram/Twitter.

                .wojtek, 30 Jun 2024I use WA a lot (though prefer telegram for superior multi p... moreIf only you were as good at typing as you are at laughing. If only… 🙃

                  Cyberchum, 30 Jun 2024You could simply ignore them. You aren't the only one ... morewell, I could but fb/wa pushes them quite hard -you can hide status tab and when you go there you are faced with dumb suggestion instead of clean tab with only updates from your peers...

                    User. Hi., 30 Jun 2024That you don't use it doesn't mean it's not ... moreI use WA a lot (though prefer telegram for superior multi platform support...) but from my experience majority of thwm uses of WhatsApp is plain groups and they work już fine...

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                      Cyberchum, 30 Jun 2024You could simply ignore them. You aren't the only one ... moreYup, me too that time on my Nokia 5530xm. New ui make it forced on main screen.

                        Anonymous, 30 Jun 2024Communities in whatsapp and Shorts in YouTube should be hav... moreYou could simply ignore them. You aren't the only one on this planet. Only way what you're saying will every happen is if there becomes a toggle for every secondary features of every app. Having said that, I hope you know that group chat is a secondary feature of WhatsApp? It wasn't there when I first used WhatsApp in 2010.

                          User. Hi., 30 Jun 2024That you don't use it doesn't mean it's not ... moreThat first line is almost exactly what I wanted to tell him "that you don't use it doesn't mean that others don't."

                          I am a member of two very active communities on WhatsApp. And I know people who actually use channels.

                          Funny enough, he might be one of those people who disparage WhatsApp for being inferior to telegram, feature-wise.

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                            HatingEqually, 30 Jun 2024I don't even remember when last time me or my friends ... moreThat you don't use it doesn't mean it's not good.
                            Everyone uses WhatsApp for different reasons.

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                              Communities in whatsapp and Shorts in YouTube should be have toggel to disable. I don't need those feature and hopefully many others too.

                                I don't even remember when last time me or my friends or my family or their relatives use Channels feature, let alone this Community feature. They can't just keep this app simple smh.