Can't put up, with WhatsApp..

WhatsApp is one of the most popular IM client of current generation. According to the Financial Times, WhatsApp "has done to SMS on mobile phones what Skype did to international calling on landlines." As of August 6, 2013, WhatsApp has over 300 million active users, and 325 million photos shared each day.

People have shown a great deal of interest in this app and some -if I may say- are very addicted to it, that is certainly due to all of the advantages of the app:

- users can send each other images, video, and audio media messages other than just text messaging.

-WhatsApp is available for most operating systems.

-it’s a multilingual app which makes it a whole lot easier to use for everyone.

-No need to manually add any contact.

-Saves money on SMS because it is accessible via 3G or Wi-Fi, thus sends messages over the Internet which lowers the cost of sending texts.

-Easy to create groups and chat.

-One - button Voice Messaging also added recently.

-No Ads ever

Even though this app is mostly created to make our lives easier if not lazier! There are those type of people who misuse it in different ways and may annoy others with it!

 I personally don’t like this app I find some people can be highly irritating while using it with me, because everyone has a different opinion on how it should be used correctly and we all don’t seem to be on the same page for whatever reason that is. In any way people can annoy you through this app is a disadvantage for it..so I suppose there are quite a number of disadvantages to be stated:

 1. The biggest issues about being able to WhatsApp someone is the need to share your phone number, and a lot of people don’t like giving away their phone numbers to anyone so it drives them away from using WhatsApp to communicate with others in this case.

2.people can find out when were you last seen using the app, and they can see whether you are online or not at the moment. And am pretty sure we all get the "I CAN SEE YOU ARE ONLINE!!" texts and the " WHY ARENT YOU ANSWERING ME??" from time to time and that can be completely  irritating as it allows such people to know a piece of information many consider it personal, so you feel like you have lost your sense of privacy and you can't use the app as freely as you wish. I think WhatsApp should disable the last seen timestamp and only use online and offline timestamps or put a sign-out option.

 3. you can't choose who to add and who not to add on your list when you download this app, because it just automatically adds all of your existing contacts in the address book without authorization! You may want to have someone's phone number saved in your phone for example work colleagues,  but not have them listed as contacts on your WhatsApp chats.

 "This lack of choice contravenes privacy law," said Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the Dutch Data Protection Authority, in a statement. "Both users and non-users should have control over their personal data and users must be able to freely decide what contact details they wish to share with WhatsApp."

4. There are always those groups of people at any gatherings or picnics or whatever place that requires social interaction with others, that are long sitting away from everyone with their cell phones, extremely busy replying to all the messages they've received, chatting, and sharing all the time. They get very addicted to WhatsApp that it isolates them from the real world and they become less interested in the it and more in their WhatsApp contacts! Another major concern about this particular issue is that some might get so emotionally attached to this app! As their mood changes depending on the replies they get from their contacts because it creates a great impact on their minds. They get happy or sad or angry or annoyed. and based on that feeling they would act with people in real life.

5.  Whatsapp group's main problem is that no one can ask for your permission to add you into one of their groups and that can be annoying. One minute you are sitting there using your phone peacefully, and the next you got joined in a group discussing football matches or nail polishes! and the texts won't stop flowing into your phone of people you don’t have their numbers or some you not even know! Or want to know!!

Not to mention all the misunderstandings that happen which cause a lot of conflicts, that are very unnecessary. WhatsApp group fights or arguments are probably the most ridiculous kind of arguments I've ever seen, and it’s the main reason why many people decide not to join groups including myself. Another reason is because they simply get annoyed of how much personal information about themselves, some people are okay to give away -specially in groups- to other people who they barley know personally, so you feel like you are put in wrong place discussing things you don't want to know.

6. Last but not least, the worst thing this app is being used for is spreading rumors about all sorts of things, and wrong or unapproved religious information that can be very sensitive to us, and sometimes personal leaked voice messages or images of people that are private get spread insanely! Also, pictures of accidents and dead people that should remain private in respect for them.

If it's for one thing then WhatsApp has definitely created a -no privacy- lifestyle which some are in some way enjoying and others are getting fed up of. Count me on the fed up-s crowd!

I really hope people would use it in a better way which benefits them or just stop using it completely . As for me, the block button will always and forever get me through a bad day..or contact. And that's how I put up, with Whatsapp.