
How does one even use whatsapp?
I want to stop using whatsapp thanks to so much spamming by companies. Half of them I dont even remember signing up forš„²
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Facebook purchased whatsapp just to Destroy it

Looks like that! I wish they had separate tab for personal chats atleast

First message from them and I choose āreport and blockā, I absolutely hate that shitty organisations have decided to spam like hell. May be WhatsApp is pushing this feature to them as a free option to use and they are using it just for the heck of it

Itās not free, it costs approx 80 paise per message.

Report and Block mercilessly.
I do that on Email, I do that on Whatsapp. I also archive all Group chats that I havent blocked yet. I ping the ppl I frequently contact, so they are always on top. My messages tab is only DM (no GC) with close people, frequent contacts and recently relevant (bike repair / doctor etc).
In my mind, Emails are for records (fin/Ecom/receipts etc), SMS for alerts & Whatsapp for casual personal contact.

It's always the HDFC bank on the top

Archive

One option is block, but then youāll be bombarded with promotional messages the moment you buy something in any of the company. Another option is have a secondary sim(no WhatsApp in this number) and give that number whenever you buy something online/offline.

Block them on the first message, there are no companies in my chat. SMS is what's they have, and what they deserve. Whenever I'm signing up or checking out anywhere, I make sure to uncheck all the optional boxes, one of them is this sneaky "receive updates and offers on WhatsApp" which most people leave checked, and thus, this shitstorm

True.