Meta announced that it will limit the number of collective messages via the WhatsApp application, which individuals and companies can send to reduce random mail on the application, according to the technological “Digital Trends”.
The company begins to test restrictions on individual messages
In the coming weeks, the company will start testing restrictions on individual messages, and under these restrictions, WhatsApp will put a monthly limit for the number of messages, which will reach 30 messages per month.
Meta said that if users want to send more messages to a large number of people, they can use status updates or channels.
Similar protection barriers about direct broadcast messages
The company is also considering setting similar protection barriers about direct broadcasting messages from business accounts, so far, WhatsApp business accounts could have been sent free and unlimited broadcast messages, but the company will soon launch a paid version of this feature with some additional tools.
According to the site, business account users will be able to schedule messages during the experimental period, and the owners of these calculations will receive 250 allocated messages for free, then they will have to pay additional fees.
Reducing the number of annoying messages
The company aims to enable users to receive collective messages from time to time without feeling exhausted, and WhatsApp has taken some steps to reduce random mail in incoming boxes, such as: limiting the number of marketing messages that users receive daily.