WhatsApp. Last year, the implementation of a very important change for messaging application, with the aim of changing the way users see the stories published for the function Status. More precisely, the WhatsApp application displays these stories depending on the way we interact with the various contacts in our address book, the application automatically calculating the frequency of interactions to display those stories.
WhatsApp. As we interact more with certain people, the application will consider that we are close to them, and will display among the first stories that they publish daily in the application. This calculation is done exclusively in the application, over time, as we chat with various contacts, but WhatsApp does not save the information in the company's servers, so that when we reinstall the application, this information is automatically deleted.
WhatsApp automatically calculates how often you talk to certain contacts
WhatsApp. The change for displaying stories has been implemented since last year, but until recently it was not known what was happening with those calculations and analyzes of the interactions we have with various contacts. It is possible that WhatsApp cannot save this information in the servers of the Facebook company because they are confidential, and this would be contrary to the GDPR regulations, but there is no clear explanation regarding this functionality, and the rationale behind its existence.
If you see a different order for status updates (iOS), this is the reason.
People asked me if this is saved on WA servers: NO!
If you reinstall WhatsApp, it automatically starts to rank contacts again from scratch. https://t.co/TMjFunmk6M- WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) February 17, 2019
WhatsApp. I told you about a week ago that a more important change will come for the function Status, users will be able to change the order in which the stories are displayed, so that they appear in chronological order. This is a good change for the function Status, but soon WhatsApp will also implement ads in this section, and after imposing this change, people's real complaints will appear, so it will be very interesting to see what the reactions will be.