Ever since Whatsapp became the most popular app for chatting, spreading informations and other media use, many people has become so much addicted to it as it is now almost on every smart phone and gadgets.
few people started using whatsapp when it wasn't that popularly, this was about 7 years ago when andriod phones were not common in this part of the world, java and symbian phones were widely used for whatsapp. As at year 2012 when whatsapp started spreading like wide fire it took over so many social apps like 2go, Bbm, Wechat e.t.c
An average whatsapp user checks his or her whatsapp about 24 times a day. if you cross this line you are definitely addicted to it and you have made whatsapp an idol unconsciously.
1. You check WhatsApp first thing after waking up
Gone are the days when you’d wake up, brush and pick your Bible or Quran to read in the morning. It’s so easy now when the phone is lying next to you and your hand subtly grabs the phone and checks the number of messages in WhatsApp. Next, you forward the jokes to different groups and friends.
2. You are texting non-stop while walking on the road or in religious gathering
Ever had someone told you ‘Hey watch out’ because you were too busy messaging your friends? It happens many times. If you cannot resist the urge to WhatsApp while walking on the road, you need to reconsider it. If you think sending messages or texting is more important than your safety, well you are addicted.
If you also chat while in church or in mosque, your addiction is on another level.
3. Driving, eating or sleeping. You check WhatsApp
If you can’t resist the urge to check the message as soon as it beeps even if you are driving, eating or sleeping, which means risking driving or compromising on sleep, then you are addicted to it. You need to mellow down and take control of your life.
4. Your WhatsApp status shows online at 2 am
If it shows online at 2 am, it means obliviously you are wide awake texting or doing one or the other things in WhatsApp. Constantly updating your status and checking your friends profile pictures and waiting for validations from your friends regarding your profile picture is a sure sign of your addiction to WhatsApp.
5. Checking WhatsApp repeatedly if they have read your message
If you wait anxiously to see those blue double ticks that show your message has been read, you are definitely addicted. As soon as you hit that pin, you start expecting your friends to pick up the phone and check your message. They will check it when they think they should. You don’t have to pick your phone every time it beeps to check if they have received it or not. If your phone needs frequent charging due to the app, then you need to hold on and take it easy.
6. Posting Anything On Your Status
So many people are fund of posting different things on their status, most times you can almost know what some people are passing through when you check their whatsapp status. Most ladies can be so annoying, they post about their relationship challenges on their status, the recent trend now is relationship advice from young girls who should be facing their studies, they give advice like they know so much about a life they have not experienced.
Some people can post up to 20 videos or pictures on their status which could be so annoying and childish. Because most of their post are just so irrelevant.
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