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> You can do this by archiving the groups, they will only appear if you go in the archived chats tab and won't notify you. No you can't, read again, I don't

> You can do this by archiving the groups, they will only appear if you go in the archived chats tab and won't notify you. No you can't, read again, I *don't* want a red dot signalyzing there's new messages on my archive. > You can already do this in the Privacy options. Unless you're in some A-B test I definetely don't have this option on my Privacy setting. Just Triple checked. > This is honestly stupid, there's no way you will be able to follow a conversation where some people's messages aren't displayed. The hot take is: I don't need to follow any conversation that includes those individuals. But I need to follow notices, and important information regarding my job. How about hide behind a notice: "You mutted this person, click here if you want to read the message anyway.". There, some middle ground. > Leave your family groups and refuse to use WhatsApp for work. I'm not even sure how to respond to this, if you're privilleged enough to say this, good for you. I'm definetely not.

iLoveOncall 4y ago
> No you can't, read again, I don't want a red dot signalyzing there's new messages on my archive. I had never used the feature a lot so I didn't know what was the behavior. I just tested, there's no red dot, it just shows you the number of unread messages, which is really not attention catching (I actually had 2 unread messages there for months and had never noticed before). > Unless you're in some A-B test I definetely don't have this option on my Privacy setting. Just Triple checked. https://i.imgur.com/GRLMjGh.png https://i.imgur.com/GRLMjGh.png Just took this screenshot. It's also not new, my girlfriend has been using it for years. > I'm not even sure how to respond to this, if you're privilleged enough to say this, good for you. I'm definetely not. I can't see any demographic that can't afford to leave a family discussion on WhatsApp, especially one with people that they don't want to talk to. As for work conversations, unless you work a job where you're not on a computer all day, which is probably less than 1% of the commenters of HN, there is a more work-appropriate tool for communication that your company is already using.
- olvy0 4y ago
  >> Unless you're in some A-B test I definetely don't have this option on my Privacy setting. Just Triple checked. > https://i.imgur.com/GRLMjGh.png https://i.imgur.com/GRLMjGh.png > Just took this screenshot. It's also not new, my girlfriend has been using it for years. Can confirm this privacy option existed since I installed WhatsApp on my brand new LG G2 back in 2014. I turned it on then right away and never turned it off in all the years and phones I've had since. The price for people not seeing your "last seen" status, is that you don't see other's people's "last seen" status. Which is fine by me.
  - lxgr 4y ago
    Only the first option has always been around. Being able to completely hide your online status is brand new.
    - luispauloml 4y ago
      >Being able to completely hide your online status is brand new. Unless new configuration options may appear without an update, it is not "brand new". I just checked and I have that option, and I updated WhatsApp in August 14, when I was forced to do so. My version is 2.22.16.75.
      - anthropodie 4y ago
        That option is kind of dormant in app I think and gets enabled from backend. I updated two phones at same time around a month ago and one of them did not have that option until 2-3days back.
      - ffpip 4y ago
        It is new. Was just released in September. https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/whatsapp-brings-ability-to-hide-online-status-for-these-users-11663240084384.html https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/whatsapp-bring...
      - lxgr 4y ago
        > Unless new configuration options may appear without an update That is indeed how WhatsApp seem to have been rolling out features recently.
- rpadovani 4y ago
  > Just took this screenshot. It's also not new, my girlfriend has been using it for years. Never seen this before - but I have it as well! It must have been added in the last 6 months or so for me... Thanks for pointing it out :-)
- lxgr 4y ago
  The second option definitely only became available yesterday: https://twitter.com/whatsapp/status/1587941579050070016 https://twitter.com/whatsapp/status/1587941579050070016

> You can do this by archiving the groups, they will only appear if you go in the archived chats tab and won't notify you. No you can't, read again, I *don't*

iLoveOncall 4y ago

> No you can't, read again, I don't want a red dot signalyzing there's new messages on my archive. I had never used the feature a lot so I didn't know what was the behavior. I just tested, there's no red dot, it just shows you the number of unread messages, which is really not attention catching (I actually had 2 unread messages there for months and had never noticed before). > Unless you're in some A-B test I definetely don't have this option on my Privacy setting. Just Triple checked. https://i.imgur.com/GRLMjGh.png https://i.imgur.com/GRLMjGh.png Just took this screenshot. It's also not new, my girlfriend has been using it for years. > I'm not even sure how to respond to this, if you're privilleged enough to say this, good for you. I'm definetely not. I can't see any demographic that can't afford to leave a family discussion on WhatsApp, especially one with people that they don't want to talk to. As for work conversations, unless you work a job where you're not on a computer all day, which is probably less than 1% of the commenters of HN, there is a more work-appropriate tool for communication that your company is already using.

olvy0 4y ago
>> Unless you're in some A-B test I definetely don't have this option on my Privacy setting. Just Triple checked. > https://i.imgur.com/GRLMjGh.png https://i.imgur.com/GRLMjGh.png > Just took this screenshot. It's also not new, my girlfriend has been using it for years. Can confirm this privacy option existed since I installed WhatsApp on my brand new LG G2 back in 2014. I turned it on then right away and never turned it off in all the years and phones I've had since. The price for people not seeing your "last seen" status, is that you don't see other's people's "last seen" status. Which is fine by me.
- lxgr 4y ago
  Only the first option has always been around. Being able to completely hide your online status is brand new.
  - luispauloml 4y ago
    >Being able to completely hide your online status is brand new. Unless new configuration options may appear without an update, it is not "brand new". I just checked and I have that option, and I updated WhatsApp in August 14, when I was forced to do so. My version is 2.22.16.75.
    - anthropodie 4y ago
      That option is kind of dormant in app I think and gets enabled from backend. I updated two phones at same time around a month ago and one of them did not have that option until 2-3days back.
    - ffpip 4y ago
      It is new. Was just released in September. https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/whatsapp-brings-ability-to-hide-online-status-for-these-users-11663240084384.html https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/whatsapp-bring...
    - lxgr 4y ago
      > Unless new configuration options may appear without an update That is indeed how WhatsApp seem to have been rolling out features recently.
rpadovani 4y ago
> Just took this screenshot. It's also not new, my girlfriend has been using it for years. Never seen this before - but I have it as well! It must have been added in the last 6 months or so for me... Thanks for pointing it out :-)
lxgr 4y ago
The second option definitely only became available yesterday: https://twitter.com/whatsapp/status/1587941579050070016 https://twitter.com/whatsapp/status/1587941579050070016