WhatsApp notifications in the middle of the night were the final straw. I switched those off – and every other alert – and it helped my wellbeing, sleep and parenting
Your online status did all the heavy lifting to communicate when you had some free time and felt like chatting.
A lot of modern messengers implement a similar feature but I disable them or manually set it to “away” perpetually. Using DND makes much more sense. I just tell people they can message me literally any time they want but I will not see or respond to them until later.
A lot of modern messengers implement a similar feature but I disable them or manually set it to “away” perpetually. Using DND makes much more sense. I just tell people they can message me literally any time they want but I will not see or respond to them until later.