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Editor note: I was never suspended from WhatsApp (back when I used it), but even the remote possibility of suddenly losing access to ones entire messaging history at the whim of a Meta, Inc. employee is worrying. [[User:JodyBruchonFan|JodyBruchonFan]] ([[User talk:JodyBruchonFan|talk]]) 16:23, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

==AI button==

Is "Meta AI" button an incident worth mentioning? The button cannot be hidden from the UI [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 08:47, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

:I believe it would be worthwhile if it can be tied to a consumer-rights issue, such as an unfavorable end-user agreement clause or proof of censorship like the [[DeepSeek]] AI engages in. — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 23:15, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

== Shorter profile "About" ==

IDK when, but WA has decreased the max length of user-profile "bio" ("About" text), and there's an '''expiration date''' which auto-clears the About.<ref>https://reddit.com/r/whatsapp/comments/1pjgtnh/new_whatsapp_about_is_shorter_than_normal</ref> This is an extreme regression to the original purpose of the About, which was named "Status" before they copied [[Snapchat]]'s Stories.

The "good" news is that it's not retroactive, so unchanged bios are left as-is.

Related problem: The "links" section of the profile is limited exclusively to [[Instagram|IG]] and [[Facebook|FB]]. So the user can only add 1 or 2 (or 3?) non-Meta links to their profile before exhausting the len-limit, ATP it's impossible to add more info.

Is all of this relevant to the article?

[[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 05:02, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

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 Editor note: I was never suspended from WhatsApp (back when I used it), but even the remote possibility of suddenly losing access to ones entire messaging history at the whim of a Meta, Inc. employee is worrying.  [[User:JodyBruchonFan|JodyBruchonFan]] ([[User talk:JodyBruchonFan|talk]]) 16:23, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
+==AI button==
+Is "Meta AI" button an incident worth mentioning? The button cannot be hidden from the UI [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 08:47, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
+:I believe it would be worthwhile if it can be tied to a consumer-rights issue, such as an unfavorable end-user agreement clause or proof of censorship like the [[DeepSeek]] AI engages in. — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 23:15, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
+== Shorter profile "About" ==
+IDK when, but WA has decreased the max length of user-profile "bio" ("About" text), and there's an '''expiration date''' which auto-clears the About.<ref>https://reddit.com/r/whatsapp/comments/1pjgtnh/new_whatsapp_about_is_shorter_than_normal</ref> This is an extreme regression to the original purpose of the About, which was named "Status" before they copied [[Snapchat]]'s Stories.
+The "good" news is that it's not retroactive, so unchanged bios are left as-is.
+Related problem: The "links" section of the profile is limited exclusively to [[Instagram|IG]] and [[Facebook|FB]]. So the user can only add 1 or 2 (or 3?) non-Meta links to their profile before exhausting the len-limit, ATP it's impossible to add more info.
+Is all of this relevant to the article?
+[[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 05:02, 30 May 2026 (UTC)