WhatsApp Etiquette: When were you 'last seen' at? – News | Khaleej Times

If WhatsApp had been a paid service and was charging me each time I paid a visit, I wouldn’t be traipsing in and out with such alacrity Published: Thu 26 May 2022, 7:49 PM A friend asked me the other day: “Is it a good idea for WhatsApp to become a paid-for platform?” “Not just good, but brilliant,” I said. “I have my own reasons for thinking so — what’s yours?” She went into an animated spiel that she’s had enough of people messaging relentlessly. And unnecessarily. “Like my heart rate goes up whenever someone pings ‘Hi’, and then doesn’t say anything more. I mean, what’s that supposed to mean? Why keep me hanging? If, on the other hand, this was a paid-for service, the other party wouldn’t be wasting monetary resources and getting straight to the point so that everything — the greeting plus the query — is collated into one composite thread.” That was a great point, I thought. But I had an even more Nietzschean thought I wanted to flesh out. What about the service being charged every time someone opens the app? “That’s mean,” she exclaimed. “You are worse than I am.” I proceeded to tell…
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