{"id":11471,"date":"2020-03-03T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T06:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/?p=11471"},"modified":"2020-03-03T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T06:51:17","slug":"stop-making-these-10-whatsapp-mistakes-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versionweekly.com\/news\/whatsapp\/stop-making-these-10-whatsapp-mistakes-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop making these 10 Whatsapp Mistakes Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"
Whatsapp may appear like any other chat application but with time it has grown up into a social media platform itself. It can do too many things like sharing status messages, group calls and many more. There is no concept of sending friend requests in Whatsapp and everyone on your contact list can find you on Whatsapp this is what makes this chatting application a bit complicated. We have listed 10 mistakes that you need to stop making in Whatsapp right now.<\/p>\n
Avoid using someone else’s name with your account and it comes under impersonation. This can cause you damage and it is a crime.<\/p>\n
Take some time to clear your contact list or delete the numbers of people you are longer in touch with. If you feel their numbers are useful at some point of time at least block their numbers on whatsapp. I think there is hardly any meaning for your maid or landlord whom you have known five years to find you on whatsapp.<\/p>\n
It’s better to keep a simple profile photo. Make sure your profile photo doesn’t reveal too much about you or your family members. This is important as your entire contact list people can see your Profile Photo. There are three privacy options in this chatting option namely Everyone, My Contacts, No One.<\/p>\n
If you set the Option as Everyone all whatsapp users can see your profile photo. if you select it to My Contacts your contact list people can see your profile photo. Setting Nobody Option is as good as not keeping any profile photo. However, there is no option in this chatting application to hide it from selected contacts.<\/p>\n
Read More: WhatsApp Hidden Features, Tips, and Tricks To Know In 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Doing two-step verification prevents you from being a victim of swim swap fraud. By doing so, others can’t set up your whatsapp account on another phone by stealing OPT from you. Visit Settings and add two-step verification so that it prevents someone else from locking you out and using your whatsapp account without your acknowledgment.<\/p>\n Status Messages are private which we share with friends and family members and not everyone. Make sure you use the privacy settings properly and filter out the unnecessary people from seeing your status messages.<\/p>\n Whatsapp provides you an option to restrict who can add you to group chats. The Privacy Settings usually are Everyone(Anyone can add you to a whatsapp group), My Contacts(People in contact list can add), My Contacts Except(It lets you select who can add you to a group). I think it’s always a good idea to not allow any random person to add you to any group chat.<\/p>\n4. Don’t forget to add two-step verification pin to secure your account<\/h3>\n
5. Don’t Share your Status Messages Publicly with Everyone<\/h3>\n
6. Restrict people to add you to Whatsapp Groups<\/h3>\n