WhatsApp Allows Users To Edit Messages

WhatsApp users will now be able to edit messages within 15 minutes of hitting send. Reuters reports: "For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp," the Meta Platforms Inc-owned messaging app said in a blog post on Monday.

The function can be accessed by long-pressing the message and choosing "edit" in the drop-down menu. The modified message will carry the label "edited", without showing edit history.

Please don't ever do that here!

[Anonymous Coward]

It will totally mess things up. Just repost your comment if you don't like the first

Please don't ever do that here!

[glibg10b]

It will just confuse people. Just repost your comment if you don't like the first

The future is here!

[GeekWithAKnife]

Finally, after so many years of lagging behind Telegram they can now lag less. This is what happens when someone's it's and designs your app. They eventually catch on they need to give users what they want and it's hailed as some kind of miracle. "Why doesn't it let me do that?" Sometimes it's a technical limitation but more often than not it's a "feature" like how forcing cattle through a narrow passage is a "feature". They engineered how you will view content, how you can a or cannot express yourself s

Re:The future is here!

[drinkypoo]

What this means is that if I were to use Telegram, which I don't, I would have to screenshot everything — because it might change after I read it, and I don't want to be gaslighted.

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[AmiMoJo]

At least with Telegram it does label the message as "edited", so there is little danger of gaslighting.

Really though if you are worried about gaslighting then maybe chatting to that person isn't a good idea.

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[drinkypoo]

Really though if you are worried about gaslighting then maybe chatting to that person isn't a good idea.

If I don't know the person yet, what do you suggest I do? Ask magic 8-ball what they are like?

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[wed128]

Easy, don't talk to strangers!

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[Deal In One]

They should also provide a way to check the history, instead of just showing that it was edited. Without history, it may not make sense if someone already replied.

powercomputing....

[twisteddk]

We are now combatting weird autocorrects with manual editing.

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[quonset]

We are now combatting weird autocorrects with manual editing.

Which is why autocorrect is the first thing I turn off in any piece of software. Never question the user.

An unusual definition of "now"!

[Tomahawk]

"With the feature rolling out globally in the coming weeks, senders will be able to modify their messages within 15 minutes of hitting send."

So, "soon", then.

Still, it's about time.

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[MachineShedFred]

Well, it's "now available" for various values of "now". Example: just checked on my phone and I can edit messages. Others may not have that, depending on if / when they update their app or if they are even using an app or the web client.

This is basically standard language for a globally distributed release where you can't control when someone's edge network will get the new package, when a user will actually update to the new package, etc.

This was my main gripe with WhatsApp.

[Mike Zilva]

And why I kept recommending Telegram for some friends. It's a shame a company with the resources of Facebook - that bought WhatsApp for 16Billion took so long to implement something so simple that really makes a big diference in keeping conversations tidy and clean. It's a pitty the fragmentation that exists in instant messaging all around the world, so many good apps existed (like Google Allo, Google Wave) but big tech companies can't gather around and come to an agreement that's better for everybody with

Not Sure

[nicubunu]

Do I understand right?

- I receive a notification on the phone, someone sent me a WhatsApp message saying "I hate you"
- Don't open the app to mark it as read, just swipe the notification to make it go away
- 15+ minutes later I open the app, just to see the old message saying now "I love you"
- confusion ensured.

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[Mike Zilva]

The other way around would not end as well... Now facebook needs permitions to edit notifications and... in case some message has been red and changed make sure you've red the changes (eye tracking with front camera :P)

Technique I learned in high school.

[Oligonicella]

Write and edit your post in a text editor. You know, read what you wrote, consider it, make necessary changes, then post it.

Not hard, really. And, added benefit, works with every messaging application.