
LINE has undergone many changes recently. In addition to the fact that its short video and audio service LINE VOOM has passed into history, there will be new adjustments to notepad next week on October 7.
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LINE has continued to reduce notepad-related functions in the past year, and officially stopped many old services starting in October.
LINE has undergone many changes recently. In addition to its short video and audio service LINE VOOM, which has officially passed into history, there will be new adjustments to notepad next week on October 7.
LINE’s one-vote familiarity function disappears
Starting from October 1st, LINE will lose some of its familiar features, including functions such as VOOM, limited-time updates, sending birthday cards, and tracking/following people that can no longer be used. Starting from October 7th, two types of existing posts in Notepad will also be deleted.
In fact, LINE has continued to reduce notepad-related functions in the past year. In April, it canceled free video uploads and changed them to only Premium paid members. In September, it stopped creating two new types of posts: "text cards that can apply backgrounds to text" and "voting posts that are automatically posted to notepad when creating a poll in the chat room."
Start using Notepad again from 10/7
On October 7, LINE will also directly delete two types of existing posts, including "existing automatically posted voting/LINE pick date posts" and "LINE VOOM (formerly LINE post string) posts shared to Notepad". In fact, LINE officials have previously announced this new wave of measures.
It should be noted that once a post is deleted, the original comments and emoticon responses underneath it will also disappear and cannot be restored. If there is still important content in the notepad, it is recommended to save it by taking screenshots, copying text, etc. before October 7 to avoid being unable to retrieve it later.
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Two types of existing posts in Notepad will be deleted on October 7th
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