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Re:I built something that changed my friend group's social f... by nottorp on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @08:42AM (#44433349)
You can treat whatsapp as an irc client, it's all in your head :)

I have multiple friend groups on whatsapp - i just check them once in a while to see if anything interesting was posted. All the chat apps I'm on are muted and the mute is muted again to make sure.

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Re:I built something that changed my friend group's social f... by ryandrake on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:30AM (#44433732)
Yes, If you purposely turn off all notifications on your phone, and/or live on DND mode 24/7, you quickly learn to adapt to this world where using the internet is a deliberate action. Sanity sets in: you are deciding when to use your phone or computer, not an algorithm, or other people. You’re back in the driver’s seat, like it’s 2002 again! It’s very freeing.
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Re:I built something that changed my friend group's social f... by nottorp on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @09:41AM (#44433842)
In 2002 i was still turning icq notifications off i think :)
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