WhatsApp will soon sort Status updates from contacts based on relevance

According to Mashable, WhatsApp is testing a new feature where the upcoming status feature is going to sort the updates based on whom the user interacts the most. Whatsapp is already testing out this feature with a few iPhone users in India, Spain and Brazil. Once, the test run is successful the instant messaging platform plans on rolling this feature out to Android and Windows user. This new algorithmic sorting will be determined through a variety factor like whose statuses you view frequently, whom you message frequently etc that WhatsApp will retain this information, collect it and send it out of WhatsApp's servers. Your preferences will be saved as a part of backups. Algorithm-based sorting or changes have never been Facebook's forte. Facebook has been often criticised for trying to change sorting preferences, whether it be on Facebook or Instagram. So, it will be interesting to watch how Whatsapp users react to the upcoming changes. Apart from algorithm-driven Status listing, WhatsApp is also going to bring advertisements to the section. The feature, however, may not be rolled out immediately. '…So WhatsApp, we don't have ads in Stories. It's not available. Ads are something that's more of a future thing for WhatsApp. We remain very focused on the consumer experience there. We do have the WhatsApp Business app, which is helping businesses connect with consumers, and that's growing well but that monetisation opportunity is not available,' Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said last month. var embedId = {jw:[],yt:[],dm:[]};function pauseVideos(vid){var players=Object.keys(embedId); players.forEach(function (key){var ids=embedId[key]; switch (key){case "jw": ids.forEach(function (id){if (id !=vid){var player = jwplayer(id); if(player.getState() === "playing"){player.pause();}}}); break; case "yt": ids.forEach(function (id){if (id !=vid){id.pauseVideo();}}); break; case "dm": ids.forEach(function (id){if (id !=vid && !id.paused){id.pause();}}); break;}});}var dmp=function(){pauseVideos(this)}function pause(){pauseVideos()}setTimeout(function(){var dmplayer = DM.player(document.getElementById("x72e5f2"), {video: "x72e5f2", height: document.body.offsetWidth * (9/16),width: document.body.offsetWidth});embedId.dm.push(dmplayer);dmplayer.addEventListener('playing', dmp);},1000); Dailyhunthttps://www.spreaker.com/user/11059613