group chats

ever since i entered into NUS.. the number of group WhatsApp chats have increased exponentially. yeah you read that right.. exponentially. before university life, the number of such groups i have can literally be counted with just one hand. now, there are really like millions of them. haha.. no but really too many for my own good at times i think. okay, partly because such groups can pop out for any reasons possible. OG group chat. project group chat. module buddies chat. clique chat. family chat. CCA group chat. and probably many more that i can’t exactly think of right now.

even mini events would lead to new group chats being formed. like “hey someone’s birthday is coming soon, time to organise a surprise and get a gift” then poof a new group chat is form without the birthday person in it.

well thing is there are so many group chats now that i decided to mute all of them (of course, not the family one) for couple of reasons. one, save battery. those vibrations and what not kills my iphone battery life like i kill my home chocolate ice-cream. two, distracting. those vibration and what not can be really distracting whenever one is trying to pay attention on the primary tasks he/she has at hand. all in all i rather myself muting all chats and reading all unread group messages one shot whenever i am free.

yeah, some of you might argue what if someone posted a time-urgent request and what not? well, if you are that urgent in the matter and in need of a specific someone for help just call him or private message him/her. at least for me, i know i will get back to you as soon as possible even if i missed your call or what not. come on, i mentioned before.. things i would do for a good friend. my phone isn’t on silent when i sleep in case of emergency calls from whoever. of course, my internet is off though so yeah.

i realised i have really a lot of things to talk about WhatsApp groups. so i guess i will have to split it into numerous blog posts. this is just a overview and general remarks.