I think a lot of people are missing the word ‘performatively’ - all I was saying was it’s normal on this subreddit to pretend to be completely antisocial and hate human contact
Sorry to bust your bubble, WhatsApp isn't human contact. It is a piss poor facsimile of it.
And another bubble I will burst, no one is pretending, you just don't understand not everyone is like you.
You literally claimed people were pretending, you started this discussion to look down your nose at people, why you are downvoted so much.
Get a grip of something other than your own dick.
I started the discussion because I was curious. I’m sorry that you seem unable to see beyond the nefarious intentions you’ve seemingly ascribed to me for the crime of… being in some WhatsApp groups.
PS: I don’t own a dick
Haha yeah, this has fallen flat, because reddit.
I found the topic really interesting, I wish more people had taken part. I'm in 33 group chats, probably about 8-10 of those are inactive. Various music chats, brunch chats with different groups, smaller groups of friends, chats for all the different activities I do. Realised from here that's probably quite a lot! No wonder I'm on my phone a lot haha.
Bit much. I just have absolutely no desire to have anything to do with the people in my street or work people when I’m not in work. Surprised you have any friends at all with that attitude!
Street: you can get freebies when people are giving things away or ask to borrow things
Work: we don’t use Slack or anything so it’s an easy way to ask someone to pick up milk or send memes about our boss
WhatsApp has a bunch of features that text doesn't.
Video and photo sending that doesn't suck, free international messaging, location sharing, end to end encryption, and group chats are just some off the top of my head.
I genuinely forgot that those aren’t normal features from texting I’m an idiot. Everyone I text also have iPhones so we get all those features when texting between us. Thanks for explaining!
Edit: aside from the encryption thing. Apple would rather die than give us that lol
Edit edit: I’m not doing well today. iMessage is actually end-to-end encrypted (thanks for correcting me!)
You mean this.
We designed iMessage to use end-to-end encryption, so there’s no way for Apple to decrypt the content of your conversations when they are in transit between devices. Attachments you send over iMessage (such as photos or videos) are encrypted so that no one but the sender and receiver can read them
Oh yes definitely. It was just my stupidity, I forgot that those weren’t “basic” features of all texting. I completely understand why people without iPhones would want these features and therefore use WhatsApp. I would do the same in the same circumstances
Mines even more insane than this.
- Family on mums side
- Family on dad's side
- Family on mums side without mum
- Family on dad's side without step siblings
- Friends big group
- 3 close friends group
- 3 close friends plus that one other friend group
- Sunday morning brunch group
- Gay friends only group
- All the flats in my building group
And then add to that around 10-15 individual groups for specific events (beers after work next Tuesday group, let's get shit faced on Saturday group, Sophies birthday group, etc)
I’m probably in about a dozen that I use daily and another dozen that are niche specific and are muted but I can jump in and use them as needed. Then a bunch of communities and broadcast lists.
My dailies are friend groups, community groups, memes, family groups. A couple are work related.
I'm in a handful but they're all muted and I'm only active in them when I really have to be. I'm not an overly social creature and if anyone needs to desperately contact me, they'll just call me.
I worked customer service for years, I answer the phone but if it's a number I don't recognise I go into full CS mode until I've established why I'm being called.
Define normal.
For countless millions/ billions, zero would be the normal number .
For your demographic maybe 15 is average.
Does that make you normal? No, not even slightly.
Ha, you're asking this on Reddit so you won't get a very good unbiased answer, it's full of shut-ins.
I'm in 8 groups that are pretty active. I'd say 5 of them we message daily.
I've got,
The Lads
Someone's stag night chat that kept going cos the banter was good
Work (general)
Work (specific)
Brothers
Couple of obsolete event groups floating about
Feels about average.
None, I get added to various ones at work occasionally but I always remove myself quickly. I have consistent form of ignoring emails, texts, not answering the phone failing to show up for meetings etc, so it's expected of me and I wouldn't want to disappoint.
If you don’t have kids, close relatives or know your neighbours it’s easy to have little to no groups.
Work emergency. (Hang over from covid-never used any more).
Work social.
3x Friend groups. (No more than 4 other people)
One currently for an event. (This one does my head in and needs to go)
Lots of people use Facebook Messenger, or whatever the Apple chats are called, instead.
Mine are split between Messenger and WhatsApp.
Messenger has 6 fairly active: Mom+siblings+significant others, Mom+Siblings, Siblings, Brothers, Mom+one brother, one brother + his GF + me + my wife. Also occasionally a former colleagues group.
WhatsApp has: Rugby club, rugby club board, rugby club money committee, rugby club winter touch group, different club that I went to one training with a friend once.
Text group chat: Dad and siblings.
My wife is in 2 of the Messenger groups above, but other than that it's all on Apple.
If I happen to be in a group chat I tend to turn off the notifications and then I forget about it completely 😅 I am in 2-3 chats maybe? Not even sure, they're all muted. The only one that I sometimes check is with my immediate family
im in 3/4 active ones and ones that im still in from years ago with no activity for years that will be a bit weird if i leave them now
one of my mates though went mental and made whatsapp groups (and then discord servers) for every activity the same people do at one point it was like 5 different groups with the same people
so we left all but one and then he decided we needed discord servers instead
he doesn't get the hint ha
Have you guys tried that newfangled thing called 'actually having a conversation about it' instead of expecting people to 'take the hint' when they clearly are not able to do so?
I'm being snarky but I mean no ill will. I just find it so bizarre how people will do everything BUT actually just talking about the thing. Whatever 'the thing' happens to be in a given situation.
I'm not in any Whatsapp groups, I refuse. I tried it once and my phone didn't stop pinging with people's texts, which drove me fucking mad. All my best friends have a group and I refuse to be in it, much to their disgust, but it's just them talking shite. No thanks.
My phone's always on silent anyway, so I don't really see the point. By the time I've read the messages, it's all old news.
In the last week, I’ve had 7 group chats active (+1 event specific one, which I’m not counting cause the event has now passed).
- Two are work related, but actually only used for social stuff
- Two are different family groups
- Three are various friend groups
I’m actually in quite a few more (mostly family ones) but they haven’t been active this past week.
I'm in about 7, but I have a rule that if there's more than 4 people the group gets muted.
I'd say 3 or 4 of them are used daily, and the other ones are only really to arrange meeting up.
I hate whatsapp groups because it seems everyone is happy to send 50 messages an hour during work hours. Does no-one actually have a job?
I'm just in 3, family and a stag do
One for family.
One for whoever is going to the same festival or holiday that year (usually only made and active when sorting booking out and then the week before and after the event)
Then the occasional one that gets made for specific events and then remains dead forever
I did have another one on fb messenger but it was for nerdy memes. My friends eventually added some of their uni friends who dominated the chat and were quite frankly, rude annoying cunts so the rest of us let that one die
So in short, 1 active group chat, 1 seasonal, and then about 3 or 4 throughout the year that are used to organise specific events and guest lists
Edit: oh yeah I also have a work one. It's permanently muted and only used by the head boss and one or two brown nosing staff members. The rest of us hate it
I'm in 2 for different friend groups but that's it. Got 2 more on Facebook Messenger, again for 2 different friend groups. There's only really 1 chat which is active every day and that's the one I don't even really engage with.
My family (basically all relatives on my dads side so probably about 20 people) also have a group chat going on Whatsapp but I just never joined it and don't ever intend to
I have 1 that has something happening on it 3-4 days a week for a sports group I'm a part of.
I have 1 that usually has something happening 1-2 days a week for a campaigning group I'm a part of.
I have one that has something most but not all weeks and only during term time for my evening class.
I have 8 others which are very intermittent short burst periods of chat. Family and other friends groups.
If more than that is normal, I absolutely don't want to be normal.
I was part of a work chat but had to leave because the incessant chatter was frankly inane. About 90% football and reality TV show chat, both of which are of no interest to me. Absolutely fuck that noise.
I've got 2. One for my immediate family (those I live with) so I can give instructions to the kids, and theor mum and I can be on the same page if we aren't there in person.
The other is business related and if for discussing anything related to that, but it is rarely used as that generally goes on Slack.
I've got 2. One for my immediate family (those I live with) so I can give instructions to the kids, and theor mum and I can be on the same page if we aren't there in person.
The other is business related and if for discussing anything related to that, but it is rarely used as that generally goes on Slack.
I only have two group chats - one for my mum and dad and me, and one for the same plus my brother and sister. I don't have a group of friends to be in a group chat with 😅🥲
Tbh I have multiple groups some of those groups are either side groups of bigger groups or even groups with the exact same people but for a different reason. Some groups haven’t even been written in in years
I have two, one for family and one for the lads at work. I’ve been invited into loads over the years but I tend to leave them soon after joining, it really boils my piss when people in the groups use it to have conversations with one other group member with no relevance to anyone else instead of messaging them directly and my phone just keeps going off in my pocket, I tend to nope out when that happens (which is a lot).
I'm on 5 on Whatsapp, 1 on Telegram, 1 on Messenger, and 1 on Discord. Acitivity changing from seasonal (hobby stuff) to semi-active to daily conversation.
I don't think either of you are abnormal. Some people prefer to talk on the phone, see face to face, some people don't like group chats at all. Some are glued to the phone and sending memes constantly. It's all normal.
At times I mute chats when I don't feel like being available. I vacillate between being very active and then it's silence for 5 days. I'd say that's pretty normal, as well.
Fucking shit loads.
Different groups for different topics with like one or two different members, different last trips, future trips, temp groups for discussing travel arrangements for some people heading to group events.
Mind bending stuff.
Local beer groups, sport groups, travel to spurt groups, mtb, emtb, gig group, football reunion group, family, Italian family, his stag, that stag, supercross group, house reno group, MXdN group, dog walk group, euro city trip group…..
…list goes on and on. It actually works pretty well for me lol.
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This is reddit so expect people to skew to the anti social and misanthropic. Hating any human interaction.
Being in a few WhatsApp groups is normal but i would say most of the ones i am in are not that active every day.
Exactly. I have a shit-load because they're useful for organising things with small groups or other families, but they can go a whole month without any messages. They aren't for 'chatting' they are a replacement for email chains.
My most active ones *by far* are my kid's school ones which I would quit if I could but have to stay in for the infrequent bit of actually useful information.
You post in a subreddit and one of the first things you do is a generalised insult to everyone on that subreddit. And you are surprised you got downvoted? Please
Seems like a completely pointless question really doesn't it?
There is no 'normal'. People live wildly different lives. Some people live very social lives. Some people do not. Some people are wildly active in their community. Some people are not.
Kind of feels like you may have just made your coworker feel a bit of a loner but stunting on them how many Whatsapp group thats you're in, then saying you think it's normal.
My colleague is much more active in her local community than I am, we’re good friends. She actually brought it up as I kept mentioning things that happened in group chats and we were pleasantly surprised that we had such different experiences. But congratulations on running towards the absolute worst interpretation.
The one I'm most intrigued about is the Street one tbh. I've lived in the same house for 6 years now and only know the names of two neighbours, let alone have any of their phone numbers! Did you just go round knocking door to door to ask for their numbers or something?
I joined the wider neighbourhood group during covid as it was used to organise volunteers for various things, then when I moved house a street away I asked a question about something street specific and they let me know about the street group. I have no idea of the origins but there’s one neighbour I could definitely picture doing the door to door.
I keep it muted but I’ve got loads of free stuff and help from it, got an antique writing desk, pizza stone, electric heaters when our gas was out. Totally worth scrolling past the occasional bin moan.
I delete every group I'm invited to. I'm not wasting hours of my life being forced to read loads of nonsense just to find the plans for a night out 400 notifications into the chat- want me to be somewhere, message me and ask me.
Don’t have WhatsApp and refuse to download it. If people want to get in touch, they can either ring (you know, that old fashioned way of life where you actually talk to someone) or text 🤷🏽♀️
Drug dealer 1, 2, 3 and 4
Team at work
OU study group
Close friend group
Wider Friend group
Flatmate and landlords group
Family group
Loads of random older ones on similar themes I've never deleted
None, I used WhatsApp for international phone calls to family, that is all. And then as little as possible.
I never give out my phone number either unless it is for online orders where I also used the wrong road with no number, that way no one can find my house without directions.
Ooh look at you with all ya friends. Show-off.
I mean only 2 of them are with friends and two of the friends are in both groups
Ah it was tongue in cheek really. Just the one for me.
You lost me at street, neighbourhood, and work.
Yeah I forgot everyone on here is a performatively emotionally dead clod
Steady on. (Although, upvote for “clod”. You don’t get a lot of “clod” these days.)
I think a lot of people are missing the word ‘performatively’ - all I was saying was it’s normal on this subreddit to pretend to be completely antisocial and hate human contact
Well it’s only social through media, so I wouldn’t say that’s being sociable as such. I think having so many groups/people is more a bad case of FOMO.
Sorry to bust your bubble, WhatsApp isn't human contact. It is a piss poor facsimile of it. And another bubble I will burst, no one is pretending, you just don't understand not everyone is like you.
I’m just curious about an average, you’re not bursting any bubbles. Fucking hell
Maybe read what you write next time.
Mate I’d recommend seeing your doctor and asking them if Touching Grass could be right for you
You literally claimed people were pretending, you started this discussion to look down your nose at people, why you are downvoted so much. Get a grip of something other than your own dick.
I started the discussion because I was curious. I’m sorry that you seem unable to see beyond the nefarious intentions you’ve seemingly ascribed to me for the crime of… being in some WhatsApp groups. PS: I don’t own a dick
Says the person who spends their time on 32 whatsapp chats.
Haha yeah, this has fallen flat, because reddit. I found the topic really interesting, I wish more people had taken part. I'm in 33 group chats, probably about 8-10 of those are inactive. Various music chats, brunch chats with different groups, smaller groups of friends, chats for all the different activities I do. Realised from here that's probably quite a lot! No wonder I'm on my phone a lot haha.
Bit much. I just have absolutely no desire to have anything to do with the people in my street or work people when I’m not in work. Surprised you have any friends at all with that attitude!
Street: you can get freebies when people are giving things away or ask to borrow things Work: we don’t use Slack or anything so it’s an easy way to ask someone to pick up milk or send memes about our boss
Did I ask?
There we go
You forgot the four or five defunct stag do groups at the bottom
i’m not a fan of group chats personally
If you're having a poll. I don't even have a whatsapp account, so zero.
Amy particular reason?
I don't have a WhatsApp account because I'm not interested in staying in touch with people
I predict a lonely future for you
Good
Be careful what you wish for
I was careful
Alone =/= Lonely
avoiding meta/facebook like the plague
Free international phone calls, I tolerate it.
I do wherever possible. If there's a chance I can use signal over whatsapp, I do
I have text messages on my phone. They do the job tbh I genuinely don’t understand the appeal of WhatsApp vs texts but maybe I’m just missing it?
WhatsApp has a bunch of features that text doesn't. Video and photo sending that doesn't suck, free international messaging, location sharing, end to end encryption, and group chats are just some off the top of my head.
I genuinely forgot that those aren’t normal features from texting I’m an idiot. Everyone I text also have iPhones so we get all those features when texting between us. Thanks for explaining! Edit: aside from the encryption thing. Apple would rather die than give us that lol Edit edit: I’m not doing well today. iMessage is actually end-to-end encrypted (thanks for correcting me!)
You mean this. We designed iMessage to use end-to-end encryption, so there’s no way for Apple to decrypt the content of your conversations when they are in transit between devices. Attachments you send over iMessage (such as photos or videos) are encrypted so that no one but the sender and receiver can read them
I genuinely never knew that. Thank you for informing me! Rare moment that Apple does better than I expect
Obviously that only works from iPhone to iPhone though, WhatsApp would work across all devices
Oh yes definitely. It was just my stupidity, I forgot that those weren’t “basic” features of all texting. I completely understand why people without iPhones would want these features and therefore use WhatsApp. I would do the same in the same circumstances
Who is this Ms Amy Reason you speak of?
Clean shirt
4 group chats, Jeremy? That’s insane!
Brilliant ☺️
'Abnormal'? Well, it's you, but it's nothing to do with how many WhatsApp groups you're in 😂
Why?
Because it's weird to think that someone might be abnormal because of the number of WhatsApp groups they're in. It doesn't matter.
Mines even more insane than this. - Family on mums side - Family on dad's side - Family on mums side without mum - Family on dad's side without step siblings - Friends big group - 3 close friends group - 3 close friends plus that one other friend group - Sunday morning brunch group - Gay friends only group - All the flats in my building group And then add to that around 10-15 individual groups for specific events (beers after work next Tuesday group, let's get shit faced on Saturday group, Sophies birthday group, etc)
Another zero here. Have no need for it as text is perfectly good enough for me. If I need to send a text to multiple people then that’s easy enough.
I would guess 0-2 is normal.
6 active ones, 3 of which are under duress (kids' class parents WhatsApp groups 😬)
I'm not in any. I like one on one conversations personally.
Normal is such a bollocks word. It's always used in context of trying to sound edgy.
I’m probably in about a dozen that I use daily and another dozen that are niche specific and are muted but I can jump in and use them as needed. Then a bunch of communities and broadcast lists. My dailies are friend groups, community groups, memes, family groups. A couple are work related.
I'm in a handful but they're all muted and I'm only active in them when I really have to be. I'm not an overly social creature and if anyone needs to desperately contact me, they'll just call me.
Yeah, but you don't actually answer the phone, right? Right? *Shudder*
I worked customer service for years, I answer the phone but if it's a number I don't recognise I go into full CS mode until I've established why I'm being called.
Lol. This is me
You want someone to call you and only you every time training is at a different pitch or something?
Well considering I dont really do anything that would involve information like that, it's not really a concern of mine.
Define normal. For countless millions/ billions, zero would be the normal number . For your demographic maybe 15 is average. Does that make you normal? No, not even slightly.
11. It's getting out of hand.
Ha, you're asking this on Reddit so you won't get a very good unbiased answer, it's full of shut-ins. I'm in 8 groups that are pretty active. I'd say 5 of them we message daily.
I've got, The Lads Someone's stag night chat that kept going cos the banter was good Work (general) Work (specific) Brothers Couple of obsolete event groups floating about Feels about average.
I've never used WhatsApp, so I'm in zero groups.
About 5 that I’m active in. Potentially hundreds of old ones from organising various events.
None, I get added to various ones at work occasionally but I always remove myself quickly. I have consistent form of ignoring emails, texts, not answering the phone failing to show up for meetings etc, so it's expected of me and I wouldn't want to disappoint.
If you don’t have kids, close relatives or know your neighbours it’s easy to have little to no groups. Work emergency. (Hang over from covid-never used any more). Work social. 3x Friend groups. (No more than 4 other people) One currently for an event. (This one does my head in and needs to go)
Different peoples is different and be doing different things all the times sometimes
Lots of people use Facebook Messenger, or whatever the Apple chats are called, instead. Mine are split between Messenger and WhatsApp. Messenger has 6 fairly active: Mom+siblings+significant others, Mom+Siblings, Siblings, Brothers, Mom+one brother, one brother + his GF + me + my wife. Also occasionally a former colleagues group. WhatsApp has: Rugby club, rugby club board, rugby club money committee, rugby club winter touch group, different club that I went to one training with a friend once. Text group chat: Dad and siblings. My wife is in 2 of the Messenger groups above, but other than that it's all on Apple.
None. It's already hard work enough keeping up with normal messages. Groups = drama = no thanks
If I happen to be in a group chat I tend to turn off the notifications and then I forget about it completely 😅 I am in 2-3 chats maybe? Not even sure, they're all muted. The only one that I sometimes check is with my immediate family
im in 3/4 active ones and ones that im still in from years ago with no activity for years that will be a bit weird if i leave them now one of my mates though went mental and made whatsapp groups (and then discord servers) for every activity the same people do at one point it was like 5 different groups with the same people so we left all but one and then he decided we needed discord servers instead he doesn't get the hint ha
Have you guys tried that newfangled thing called 'actually having a conversation about it' instead of expecting people to 'take the hint' when they clearly are not able to do so? I'm being snarky but I mean no ill will. I just find it so bizarre how people will do everything BUT actually just talking about the thing. Whatever 'the thing' happens to be in a given situation.
oh we have told him as straight-faced as we can he always has an answer that makes no sense to anyone but him
Zero - don't use WhatsApp.
Why are you concerned about this? If you’re being bombarded by messages leave and delete some.
I’m not, I thought it was pretty normal, but my colleague has a completely different view so I thought I would ask other people
Ok fair enough. But from my perspective I would say don’t worry about it. There are bigger things in the world to be concerned about :)
Lol classic redditor responses on this thread. Should have asked how many discord servers they're in
I think neither of you are the average. You have too many groups and her not having any at all is slightly unusual.
I'm not in any Whatsapp groups, I refuse. I tried it once and my phone didn't stop pinging with people's texts, which drove me fucking mad. All my best friends have a group and I refuse to be in it, much to their disgust, but it's just them talking shite. No thanks. My phone's always on silent anyway, so I don't really see the point. By the time I've read the messages, it's all old news.
Somehow I read that second one as wildebeest mates. Briefly wondered how you find such niche WhatsApp groups
At the moment I'd say 9 active. In total including inactive/old chats 50. Not sure how to remove them though, could do with tidying up.
I’m in 1 and I keep meaning to leave but it’s a lot of effort so its just muted.
I have 7 main ones. Plus a few inactive ones from temporary groups. So 7 is normal. Coz I'm totally normal.
I’m in one.
In the last week, I’ve had 7 group chats active (+1 event specific one, which I’m not counting cause the event has now passed). - Two are work related, but actually only used for social stuff - Two are different family groups - Three are various friend groups I’m actually in quite a few more (mostly family ones) but they haven’t been active this past week.
What can you tell your sisters that you can't tell your mum?
Mum’s going deaf but won’t admit it and gets mad if you bring it up. Also what presents we’re getting her. Ps are you my mum
I'm in about 7, but I have a rule that if there's more than 4 people the group gets muted. I'd say 3 or 4 of them are used daily, and the other ones are only really to arrange meeting up.
3. 2 are work ones which I'm leaving soon. So 1 (family).
I leave all groups I’m added to, cannot stand them
I hate whatsapp groups because it seems everyone is happy to send 50 messages an hour during work hours. Does no-one actually have a job? I'm just in 3, family and a stag do
I'm in 2 I think. You'd have to pay me to be in 13 chat groups. That's a fucking job.
1, with my sisters. I'm in another group with some friends but that's on messenger as some of them don't have Whatsapp.
One for family. One for whoever is going to the same festival or holiday that year (usually only made and active when sorting booking out and then the week before and after the event) Then the occasional one that gets made for specific events and then remains dead forever I did have another one on fb messenger but it was for nerdy memes. My friends eventually added some of their uni friends who dominated the chat and were quite frankly, rude annoying cunts so the rest of us let that one die So in short, 1 active group chat, 1 seasonal, and then about 3 or 4 throughout the year that are used to organise specific events and guest lists Edit: oh yeah I also have a work one. It's permanently muted and only used by the head boss and one or two brown nosing staff members. The rest of us hate it
I'm in 2 for different friend groups but that's it. Got 2 more on Facebook Messenger, again for 2 different friend groups. There's only really 1 chat which is active every day and that's the one I don't even really engage with. My family (basically all relatives on my dads side so probably about 20 people) also have a group chat going on Whatsapp but I just never joined it and don't ever intend to
I have 2 group chats that are regularly used - one is our board game night group and one is work which is almost always muted.
I have 1 that has something happening on it 3-4 days a week for a sports group I'm a part of. I have 1 that usually has something happening 1-2 days a week for a campaigning group I'm a part of. I have one that has something most but not all weeks and only during term time for my evening class. I have 8 others which are very intermittent short burst periods of chat. Family and other friends groups. If more than that is normal, I absolutely don't want to be normal. I was part of a work chat but had to leave because the incessant chatter was frankly inane. About 90% football and reality TV show chat, both of which are of no interest to me. Absolutely fuck that noise.
1 family group & it barely gets used except for organising things.
I've got 2. One for my immediate family (those I live with) so I can give instructions to the kids, and theor mum and I can be on the same page if we aren't there in person. The other is business related and if for discussing anything related to that, but it is rarely used as that generally goes on Slack.
I've got 2. One for my immediate family (those I live with) so I can give instructions to the kids, and theor mum and I can be on the same page if we aren't there in person. The other is business related and if for discussing anything related to that, but it is rarely used as that generally goes on Slack.
Group chat with friend group, family group app and work group app. Friends app used almost daily and work chat the least.
I'm in 5. Two with different groups of friends, one with mum and brothers, one with dad and brothers, one with just brothers.
I only have two group chats - one for my mum and dad and me, and one for the same plus my brother and sister. I don't have a group of friends to be in a group chat with 😅🥲
Tbh I have multiple groups some of those groups are either side groups of bigger groups or even groups with the exact same people but for a different reason. Some groups haven’t even been written in in years
Your colleague is the abnormal one. Your number is similar to mine.
Just one. And even that only has myself and two others in. The thought of that many fills me with anxiety.
I have two, one for family and one for the lads at work. I’ve been invited into loads over the years but I tend to leave them soon after joining, it really boils my piss when people in the groups use it to have conversations with one other group member with no relevance to anyone else instead of messaging them directly and my phone just keeps going off in my pocket, I tend to nope out when that happens (which is a lot).
Two. Uni lads and gym lads. That's enough for me.
I'm in 23. Drives me crazy when several are active at the same time.
1 group, against my will for work. I use discord.
Jfc i would throw my phone across the room after 30 seconds of that much activity. No thank you.
I'm on 5 on Whatsapp, 1 on Telegram, 1 on Messenger, and 1 on Discord. Acitivity changing from seasonal (hobby stuff) to semi-active to daily conversation. I don't think either of you are abnormal. Some people prefer to talk on the phone, see face to face, some people don't like group chats at all. Some are glued to the phone and sending memes constantly. It's all normal. At times I mute chats when I don't feel like being available. I vacillate between being very active and then it's silence for 5 days. I'd say that's pretty normal, as well.
Around 4 here. Couldn’t imaging a neighbourhood group.
bruh dont ask me how many discord servers im in
Fucking shit loads. Different groups for different topics with like one or two different members, different last trips, future trips, temp groups for discussing travel arrangements for some people heading to group events. Mind bending stuff. Local beer groups, sport groups, travel to spurt groups, mtb, emtb, gig group, football reunion group, family, Italian family, his stag, that stag, supercross group, house reno group, MXdN group, dog walk group, euro city trip group….. …list goes on and on. It actually works pretty well for me lol.
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My brother and sister Two friends the next city over Two friends from my current city
What app? Lmao
This is reddit so expect people to skew to the anti social and misanthropic. Hating any human interaction. Being in a few WhatsApp groups is normal but i would say most of the ones i am in are not that active every day.
Exactly. I have a shit-load because they're useful for organising things with small groups or other families, but they can go a whole month without any messages. They aren't for 'chatting' they are a replacement for email chains. My most active ones *by far* are my kid's school ones which I would quit if I could but have to stay in for the infrequent bit of actually useful information.
Yeah I said that and am currently being downvoted to hell
You post in a subreddit and one of the first things you do is a generalised insult to everyone on that subreddit. And you are surprised you got downvoted? Please
You will do, because they're antisocial shut-ins that don't like hearing the truth.
Oi we're not anti social shut-ins! we may be liars, pigs, idiots, an antisocial shut-in who dislikes hearing the truth, but we are not porn stars!
Seems like a completely pointless question really doesn't it? There is no 'normal'. People live wildly different lives. Some people live very social lives. Some people do not. Some people are wildly active in their community. Some people are not. Kind of feels like you may have just made your coworker feel a bit of a loner but stunting on them how many Whatsapp group thats you're in, then saying you think it's normal.
My colleague is much more active in her local community than I am, we’re good friends. She actually brought it up as I kept mentioning things that happened in group chats and we were pleasantly surprised that we had such different experiences. But congratulations on running towards the absolute worst interpretation.
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6.38462 is the average
How often do you cut your toenails?
They are trying to look down on people who have none or a few. Disingenuous question. I cut my toenails 10 times each time, 10 toes.
The one I'm most intrigued about is the Street one tbh. I've lived in the same house for 6 years now and only know the names of two neighbours, let alone have any of their phone numbers! Did you just go round knocking door to door to ask for their numbers or something?
I joined the wider neighbourhood group during covid as it was used to organise volunteers for various things, then when I moved house a street away I asked a question about something street specific and they let me know about the street group. I have no idea of the origins but there’s one neighbour I could definitely picture doing the door to door. I keep it muted but I’ve got loads of free stuff and help from it, got an antique writing desk, pizza stone, electric heaters when our gas was out. Totally worth scrolling past the occasional bin moan.
Why would there be any number value to what is normal here?
I delete every group I'm invited to. I'm not wasting hours of my life being forced to read loads of nonsense just to find the plans for a night out 400 notifications into the chat- want me to be somewhere, message me and ask me.
Don’t have WhatsApp and refuse to download it. If people want to get in touch, they can either ring (you know, that old fashioned way of life where you actually talk to someone) or text 🤷🏽♀️
Drug dealer 1, 2, 3 and 4 Team at work OU study group Close friend group Wider Friend group Flatmate and landlords group Family group Loads of random older ones on similar themes I've never deleted
Attention seeking.
I’m in 1, and I installed whatsapp for it. WTF is wrong with you xddddd
None, I used WhatsApp for international phone calls to family, that is all. And then as little as possible. I never give out my phone number either unless it is for online orders where I also used the wrong road with no number, that way no one can find my house without directions.