WhatsApp Status: Opt-in Creator Attribution for Reshared Content (Product Innovation Notes, Proposal No. 001)
This document is the first entry in Product Innovation Notes, an independent series of product proposals. It proposes an opt-in creator attribution mode for WhatsApp Status. Since 2025, WhatsApp allows creators to permit resharing of their status, but by design no information about the creator travels with reshared content. Viewers who discover a product or post through a reshare therefore cannot find, follow or contact its creator. The proposal extends the existing reshare toggle into two modes.
Authors
- Abayomi-Alli Ayomide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7470-4420)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23917729
- Primary Topic
- Media and Digital Communication
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00