WhatsApp‘s mute function has been a boon for many who’ve wanted to keep their notifications at bay. However, the maximum duration allowed for silencing these chats was one year. So, if you were part of a pesky group of relatives that you couldn’t really leave, you had to perform the muting ritual once in a year. Now, the chat has rolled out an option to mute a conversation FOREVER. That’s right. [Read: What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election] The company has replaced the 1-year muting option with Always, and that’s a smart thing to do.…

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