The mainstream media in Turkey is not working as it should. Unfortunately… In fact, a few days ago there was a problem with Mercedes-Benz. how it was distorted we’ve seen it all together. A few days had passed since our colleagues a scandalous company they signed. This time the world’s most popular instant messaging app WhatsApp A feature that was being developed for was misunderstood in the mainstream media and served in a completely different way. We do this too we came to repair!

In the Android beta version of WhatsApp with the code 2.23.14.19 and the iOS beta version with the code 23.14.0.70, a new version has been developed for Communities. privacy option popped up. This feature, which may be experienced by some users, hide their phone numbers in communities was providing. Unfortunately, our media has misunderstood this feature. So many headlines were made that those who saw it began to think that this feature would serve to completely hide the phone number on WhatsApp. Because, according to the headline of most news sources, WhatsApp, “anonymouslycan be used as “.

Here’s one of those examples:

We’ve shared the screenshot above. in the newsusers of WhatsApp to make it anonymous is called. Don’t understand where they got this from. However, the content already tells that this is related to the Communities feature.

However, for some reason it is still emphasized that users will become anonymous. In the meantime; similar there are many examples let me specify. You can see for yourself with a little Google search. There are even popular tech sites under…

This is what WhatsApp’s phone number privacy feature looks like:

Some of our colleagues are so far off the mark that they even misrepresent the Communities feature. Communities can be thought of as the WhatsApp equivalent of Telegram’s channels feature. In communities, only admins are allowed to post and make announcements. Users can send reaction emojis to sent messages. Here is the new feature of WhatsApp right here Activated. In the past, users’ phone numbers could be seen by opening the comments to the post in the communities. With the new feature, this situation disappears when the phone number is hidden.

We are against public disinformation! We’re in an industry where misunderstanding is acceptable, but there’s a difference between misunderstanding the problem and spreading it publicly. Stay tuned for accurate information…