WhatsApp imitates Instagram and orders statuses by importance
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WhatsApp is about to undergo a big change with one of its most popular features, the WhatsApp statuses The messaging application is testing a new algorithm that will sort posts by importance, just like Instagram does. Until now WhatsApp ordered the states in chronological order.
As we can read through Mashable, WhatsApp is already testing this feature on some iPhone users in Brazil, Spain and India. It seems that the company has plans to launch this novelty worldwide relatively soon.
How are WhatsApp states ordered with the new algorithm?
The publications are arranged in order of importance for us, through a complex software that manages it. WhatsApp will choose first the statuses that are most relevant to us instead of showing them in chronological order. Many people wonder how WhatsApp can know this. The algorithm is based on the interaction with the users in question, how many times we look at their status, frequency of conversation with contacts, etc.
We are not at all surprised that WhatsApp has made this decision. It is one of the most common things of all Facebook applications. Surely all this has to do with the , which is about to reach WhatsApp statesWhatsApp ensures that the application will not violate the privacy of users, unlike what it does on Facebook and Instagram.
WhatsApp will collect this information directly on each user's phone and will not go to WhatsApp's servers, ever. However, through backup copies, this information could be stored on their servers, although encrypted. Facebook has come a long way with the new algorithm, and the truth is that many people still disagree with the giant's mania for ordering posts by relevance.
A positive change for users?
It all depends on the number of contacts that upload statuses. If there are many states, an algorithm like this could allow us to see the ones that are most interesting to us. However, if there are few of them, it could even be harmful by hiding very recent posts from us or making us see some that we have already seen.What we do know is that this change will not come overnight. More than 450 million people use statuses every day and so far this feature hasn't even reached Android. It is possible that we will not see it officially for months... But the change has begun, and we are almost certain that it will be to stay...
