The biggest annoyances in WhatsApp

My screen time is the proof that I am actually texting for most of the day. On average, I spend 9 to 10 hours a week in the green box on my phone. If you had told my mother this twenty years ago, I would probably have been sent to high school without a phone. I often hide behind the fact that I text for work, but even then it’s scandalously much. With the use of WhatsApp, a lot of irritations arise just as quickly; after all, it is a reflection of life. I collected a random sample of the biggest ones for you. Recognizable?

1. Keep your fingers off the caps lock
Nothing is as loud as whole sentences in capitals. Just take it easy. THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT.

2. The enterer
At
Every
Word
On
Enter
Pressing

Stop this, right now.

3. Ghosting
The type that reads but never says anything. By the way, I live with someone like that.

4. Periods
The youth seems to be quite sensitive to this. Sentences with periods apparently feel aggressive. I find them mostly correct, so you can send me periods, except when you send just one word, then it indeed sounds very angry.

5. Unchristian hour
Just because you have trouble sleeping or get up or go to bed at odd times, doesn’t mean you have to text me in the middle of the night. Just keep it civilized like in the old days with calls, after half past seven in the morning and before eleven in the evening, except for friends and family of course. Yes, I am indeed talking about colleagues.

6. People who have their blue ticks turned off
I know: you do this because of people like me, but I just really like to know if you’ve seen a message. You don’t have to reply, just the knowledge of being read is enough for me. Grant me this pleasure.

7. Hiding conversations
It is increasingly accepted to mute an app, but I would also love to not see an app for a certain period of time. WhatsApp, are you listening? Give us this feature (and May wants this too by the way).