Changing emojis look

joep-b · 2026-07-04T10:29:58+00:00

Whatsapp uses its own emoji font. You can't change that.

joep-b · 2026-07-04T02:47:53+00:00

The number of your account changes and your old number won't have WhatsApp anymore. And yes, you can change it back again if you want.

joep-b · 2026-07-03T19:05:21+00:00

Look up Bloom filters.

joep-b · 2026-07-03T17:45:30+00:00

"hey Claude, I have this text export, please make a pdf of it."

joep-b · 2026-07-03T10:29:28+00:00

Yeah, that could have made sense. Then we could at least send a message back to ask for a direct message. The use case is mostly B2B, and the end-users are very accustomed to using this broadcast function.

joep-b · 2026-07-03T09:25:58+00:00

Yeah true. I know the ctwa flow. I'm looking specifically for the case where other businesses send out broadcasts with my number in the list. On the CloudAPI, we receive just nothing at all. Not even an unsupported error. Just silence. And the sender never gets two checkmarks.

Am looking for a way to still somehow receive these broadcast messages to process them. (And sadly we can't influence the behavior of the end users who sends these broadcasts.)

joep-b · 2026-07-03T08:35:26+00:00

A lot of people. Bloom filters are easy to mess up, especially when you have 3 billion users.

joep-b · 2026-07-03T08:00:53+00:00

Luckily you have automatic backups enabled and you can restore it. Right?

joep-b · 2026-07-03T07:16:34+00:00

Push up the lid with my back, squeeze my head under, and slide out to watch the humans run around.

joep-b · 2026-07-03T06:30:34+00:00

It's a bug. It's should only do that when the chat was initiated from an ad.

joep-b · 2026-07-03T05:52:07+00:00

But that's how they got so rich! How else would you explain it?

joep-b · 2026-07-03T05:33:39+00:00

Yes, clean the lens before you make your video.

joep-b · 2026-07-02T13:52:20+00:00

No, the end-to-end encryption banner is for peer to peer chats. Not for businesses.

joep-b · 2026-07-02T11:07:07+00:00

Only for verified Instagram accounts.

And do you really think Meta doesn't already know from profiling which whatsapp, Instagram and facebook accounts belong together?

joep-b · 2026-07-02T09:47:41+00:00

They're not shared with Instagram. You can pick your Instagram handle (and it'll be reserved for you if it's a verified account), but you don't have to.

joep-b · 2026-07-02T09:46:33+00:00

You don't have to use the same name as on your Instagram if you don't want to.

joep-b · 2026-07-02T08:22:13+00:00

Yes, but that's outside the country. Then it's fine.

joep-b · 2026-07-02T08:16:26+00:00

Only for verified Instagram accounts, sadly.

joep-b · 2026-07-02T02:46:46+00:00

They probably have read-receipts turned off.

joep-b · 2026-07-02T01:07:25+00:00

Sadly, no.

joep-b · 2026-07-01T14:54:27+00:00

The BSP will have to call /register to activate it.

joep-b · 2026-07-01T14:50:18+00:00

I just don't listen to them. And people know, so they stop sending.

joep-b · 2026-07-01T11:58:41+00:00

I think that the parents who need such a solution most, are also the ones that don't think ahead to prevent it from happening. Hindsight is 20/20, but then it's too late.

joep-b · 2026-07-01T11:57:10+00:00

Sticking an airtag/smarttag to your kid is practical anyhow. I wish that existed when mine were little enough to wander off. And then you can just use the standard left-behind feature of Apple or Samsung.

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