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WhatsApp’s new Channels feature brings social media to your messaging app
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this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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I'm not opposed to it, as long as it isn't intrusive and you have the option to turn it off. I know Signal introduced Stories (similar to Snapchat/IG stories), which is also a social media aspect in a messaging app, but you could outright turn that feature off and keep using it simply as a messaging app.