WhatsApp - deleting unwanted messages from one user

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DannyBoyD

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A WhatsApp group of which I am an admin is regularly spammed (you tube links / images / GIFs & the like) by one person who clearly thinks they are being helpful.

Rather like folks in the 90s forwarded on endless warning emails on viruses.

A quiet word hasn't helped, deleting messages has caused umbrage, I can't kick them off (though sorely tempted) and leaving myself would be the nuclear option.

What I'd really like is a Gmail type spam filter for WhatsApp; I'd even pay for it at this stage.

Any ideas?
 
DannyBoyD said:
not a viable option in this case, the spam will still be visible in the group
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DannyBoyD said:
A quiet word hasn't helped, deleting messages has caused umbrage, I can't kick them off (though sorely tempted)
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If deleting messages caused umbrage then shadow banning them is probably going to cause even more offence as it would generally be considered worse netiquette than an up-front reprimand or ban.
 
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Try writing a set of rules for the group which covers various issues including a "no links" rule.

Alternatively, just leave the group.
 
I was in a group that had a strict no msg after 9pm and no chit chat outside the group topic rule. Without fail if someone broke this rule, the admin sent a reminder until people became compliant. And annoyed but still compliant. So I guess like others said above, set up a list of rules and vigorously stick to them. Explain why, in the context of scams and viruses and space being eaten up in galleries that there is a need to keep the chat to its intended purpose.
 
Try restricting the chat to admin messages only (so, one way traffic) - I had do do that one occasion, with a stern reminder about what the chat was for. Once everyone got the message, I reverted back to allowing others to post
 
Thanks all.

I think I'm heading in the direction of some time banding (after 9am / before 9pm) & offering an alternative outlet for the non-original content.
 
Is it critical you hear of something immediately ?You could lock the chat and then check it once every now and then ? This stops you getting notice of showing new messages when you open whatsapp in general
 
DannyBoyD said:
I think I'm heading in the direction of some time banding (after 9am / before 9pm)
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I turn off notifications on my own What's App from 10 pm to 7 am so that when someone gets inspiration at 3 am and wants to share it with everyone else, I don't get to share it until I am ready for it the following day. I think you can exempt certain people from it, so that someone you trust to only What's App you in an emergency at those times, can get through.
 
Salvadore said:
And yet you need rules as a basis for moderating behaviour.
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The suggestion was to have a second whatsapp group to which the person under discussion was not invited; difficult to see that as an acceptable solution for adults.

As previously stated this individual believes they are being helpful; offering another outlet for the non-original content sharing is a more mature response.
 
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