group complications

well, this is a continuation on the previous topic on WhatsApp groups. you know, being in such groups is somewhat similar to real life social gathering in terms of the “obligations” and “etiquette” one has to uphold whenever he/she participate in the chats. such complications are probably more broad than those we actually experience in real life. i guess i cannot cover all but i sure will highlight some and input my opinions. well, like i said.. opinions. i’m neither right nor wrong. they are just opinions.

number one, the spamming of pictures. pictures here can be further broken down to memes and groups shots. let’s visit group shots first then. i guess it is somewhat a norm now.. to actually send photos through those WhatsApp groups when an outing is over. i don’t know about you all but there was a time when i waited for the “photographer” to put those pictures on Facebook and not using my phone data to download those from WhatsApp groups. nonetheless, both works well for me. as for memes, here is probably something to be careful about. it is sort of an unspoken thing that you can communicate through memes. yes.. mock and pock fun with them now and then but spamming them might not be a good idea. likewise for sharing of memes, too many a one shot is definitely not a good idea.

number two, talking about serious topics. serious topics here do not mean those serious political news or what not. i refer to those discussions about group related stuffs. well it is awkward to interrupt i guess. say someone pops up a discussion and subsequently some others put in their inputs and what not. the discussion has not really end and someone else decide to pop another discussion. soon afterwards more do the same. then suddenly the entire group chat is filled with many discussions at any one time. those who are quiet would then be stuck and conflicted.. not knowing what he/she should reply first and what not.

number three, topics involving few individuals. now and then a topic will pop up that concerns not all the participants. then we will have the same few people who are chatting among themselves. or in worse case scenario, just two talking in a group chat. by then one would not be sure if he/she should stop talking about that particular topic or just go ahead and add an additional WhatsApp group for the “special” people. well, so complicated.. haha.

number four, leaving the party early. say you want to be out of the group chat because of whatever reason, you are not sure if you should leave and what not. you see, WhatsApp will announce whoever have left the party early by displaying your number or name in the group chat, informing your departure. well, this might create wrong impressions of the person leaving on the minds of people in the group who have saw the kind reminder from WhatsApp. more often than not maybe everyone would just suck it up and just hang around. maybe standing alone in the party is nicer than leaving the party early.

well.. by far i think those mentioned complications are the common ones to me and of course there are definitely more of them out there haha.. it can be entertaining to actually pick them out now and then. cheap thrills.