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hahahah why do you want whatsapp to disappear?

is the concept of people being able to talk on groups over the internet so bad?

or maybe it’s the ad network that whatsapp is related to. ads are just information telling you a product exists. is this bad?

or maybe your gripe is against social media causing mental health issues. maybe the information that your neighbor is better off than you are is inherently dangerous? who says this problem wouldn’t exist without social media?

disclosure i work for meta but i don’t want to believe that i work on a bad product.

Consider that so many people do not care to preserve the environments of online public spaces. While the pollution of digital environments with semiotic trash is less tangible and persistent than the beer cans, cigarette butts, and used needles on the streets of our cities, can you really defend its production? What kinds of cultures, mindsets, and personalities would this breed?

Yes, there are far worse things. But let us hold ourselves to our own high standards and be proud.