Do not forward messages to more than five people in Messenger: the popular network copies one of WhatsApp’s most controversial moves.
forget power Forward messages more than 5 times on Fb Messenger. Just as the company has already done with WhatsApp by setting a forwarding limit, Fb has decided to discourage users from doing so Another A messaging aplicación cánido do that Broadcast messages were received more than 5 times.
The company plans to take this step prevent the spread of false information on various topics, something more timely than ever considering the general situation that the planet is going through and the fact that in just a few months there will be presidential elections in the United States.
After its inclusion in WhatsApp, there were people who branded it as a feature of a measure of censorshipputting Fb and WhatsApp – once again – at the heart of the controversy.
Fb Messenger doesn’t allow you to forward messages more than 5 times
Like the company in official blogas of now there is one Message forwarding limitThis prevents a Messenger message from being forwarded to more than five people or groups at the same time.
So if you try forward a received message to some of our contactsWe will see that a text will appear at the top of the screen indicating this The limit of new constructions has been reached.
This is a complementary measure to the tool that espectáculos how old is an item before reading or redistributing it to prevent the dissemination of outdated or inaccurate information.
Although the feature has been implemented due to the current situation, it is unlikely that a permanent actionwhich will also continue after the US elections.