How I Make Use of Whatsapp

Whatsapp is the only social media platform that I use every day. The first time I had to decide to use it was because fewer and fewer people were using SMS. So, at that time, like it or not, I had to change because of the very fast-growing technology.

After managing to stop getting addicted to Facebook (that is by deleting my Facebook account because I felt mentally exhausted), I was quite relieved with the use of Whatsapp. I could still communicate with the persons who were really close to me personally. There was no facility in the old version of Whatsapp to update status. So I was happy with that.

Coming to the new version of that application with the facility of updating status, I was forced to curse "Why the heck does this application need to imitate other digital communication platforms like Facebook and Instagram?"

The many contacts I have saved result in the many status updates shown in 'Status' menu. At first, I was quite enjoying looking at other persons' status updates. It felt like I found a new version of Facebook. However, at that time I didn't feel intrigued to update my status simply because I didn't need any attention from people in my contact.

Then, checking people's status becomes boring for me. I don't broadcast my personal life on Whatsapp, so why should I know others' personal life? It has been more than 5 years I have been using this application. Within that duration, I've just done updating status for 4 times. And all those 4 times have made me feel awkward. I just felt uneasy after doing that. Thanks to the facility from Whatsapp that the status update can be deleted or will disappear within 24 hours.

I guess my feeling uneasy after updating status is all about defense mechanism. I don't want to feel stressed out thinking that other people who have seen my status will elaborate things concerning that update in relation with my personal life. Besides, I cannot control what other people think about after they see some status updates from some random persons including from me.  Furthermore, I don't want to get addicted to the number of views that I get after I update status. I consider that this kind of decision makes me mentally healthy.

Occasionally, however, I check status updates from persons that I care about. I give some feedbacks if necessary. I also check some which contain humor. If they know that I check their status, it's their problem, not mine 😉.

Perhaps, I will do something a little bit silly about how I make use of Whatsapp someday, as silly as changing my profile photo more than 5 times a day😁. It's not about needing attention; it's just about letting out my wild side for a while. And definitely not updating any status about my personal life. However, I'll be considering about sharing this blog via whatsapp. I'll think twice about that.