Stop the Spread of Bad Information by Adopting WhatsApp's Policy

In these times, I think its important to consider the following: What Would WhatsApp Do?

You read that right.

What would WhatsApp do?

They should be the rules we all live by, period; not just on WhatsApp.

As WhatsAppexplains:

Last year we introduced users to the concept of messages that have been forwarded many times.

These messages are labeled with double arrows to indicate they did not originate from a close contact.

In effect, these messages are less personal compared to typical messages sent on WhatsApp.

To that, all I can say is, blessed.

I like WhatsApps phrase for this process: constraining virality.

(If you want to cute-animal me up, just drop the photo or link into a tweet.)

That, and WhatsApps implementation doesnt prevent people from sending mass-messages when the need arises.

It only helps curtail people from forwarding along that which is likely unimportant.

Technicalities aside, will you be successful in your quest to silence the email-forwarders in your life?

Peopleloveto forward junk, hoaxes, incorrect analyses of science, crap-masquerading-as-science, and political misinformation.

It never hurts to try.

you’re able to even start by forwarding this article, if you want.