4 things we want in WhatsApp
And there it was again: the group you are added to without asking. The school class app that is immediately used as a bulletin board for questions like does-anyone-know-a-good-dog-walking-service/hairdresser/babysitter/second-hand-bike-shop. Asking whether the app can only be used for its intended purpose is not an option, because then you immediately become the neighborhood bitch. And leaving the group is also such a statement. Enter: my first WhatsApp wish.
1. Leave the group anonymously
Every time an old intern or employee leaves the editorial group, we cry a little. Although the leaver always prepares us a bit. I personally dislike groups that I end up in without asking. Especially birthday app groups where a hundred people I don’t know bombard me with their presence. Then leaving the group is a clear don’t-bother-me statement, but in the case of such a class app group, I would love to have an anonymous emergency exit.
2. Only have to press the dictation button once
‘You’re a dictator,’ a friend said to me recently when I blurted out three voice messages. I really love the dictaphone. It’s so much faster than typing (for me anyway) and when you hear someone talking, the intonation comes through immediately and you know how someone means it. The annoying thing is that when you’re dictating a bit, you have to keep that damned button pressed the whole time. So, dear ladies and gentlemen of WhatsApp, can you realize an update where we can press the button once on and then off again?
3. Know how often someone views your photo
This comes from my single colleagues. I usually look at someone’s profile picture once because the choice says a lot about the person in question. But I will rarely click on it multiple times. That doesn’t apply to the hungry men who are hunting our lovely single editors. Those photos are viewed multiple times. And they really want to know by whom, when, where, and why. So.
4. This emoticon as an emoticon
An emoticon in the form of an old-fashioned smiley ;-), you know, the one from the Pleistocene. I’m not the type for emoticons, I stopped at the old-fashioned smiley. And I would love to have an image of that. That saves two actions. Yes, two, so what.
More WhatsApp irritations? Read them here but.
