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regards Guru IT for Change, Bengaluru www.ITforChange.net On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Sreenivas Reddy <[email protected]> wrote: > Sir pls join me in english hike or telegram group.plz > > ವಿ.ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ್ ರೆಡ್ಡಿ. > SSHS . ತುಮಕೂರು. 9900395017 > On Feb 3, 2016 7:22 PM, "Gurumurthy K" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> dear teachers >> >> let us use whatsapp / telegram / hike and the google groups setup for our >> interactions for education related discussions and avoid sending irrelevant >> messages. We should avoid forwarding messages unless we are sure the >> information is correct (blood donation requests, Maaza poisoning, medical >> ailments and cures are usually false). So also any message which asks you >> to forward to others!! >> >> If we can ensure meaningful messages then these groups will be useful >> forums for our learning... >> >> source - >> http://m.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-good-morning-syndrome/article8188372.ece >> >> regards >> Guru, IT for Change >> >> Are you one of those who have suffered the wrath of the good morning >> messenger on your WhatsApp group? You are not alone >> >> Your phone lights up with a loud ping of a WhatsApp message. And a series >> of pings follow. You wake up from your slumber to see who’s messaged you so >> early in the morning and if it’s anything important. But no, it’s just a >> string of good morning messages from the various groups you are part of. >> Annoyed? You are just one among millions who suffer the wrath of the ‘good >> morning’ group messenger. >> >> Be it family, college, friends, work or hobby groups – they are >> everywhere. Relentlessly and religiously, they spam our mornings with >> images, videos and greetings that make the morning anything but good. >> “There is no escape from them,” grieves student Siddharth Joshua. “The >> moment I leave a group I am added back and though I’ve muted them all, my >> notification bar still shows the unread messages piling up. It’s inevitably >> annoying and I’m left with no choice but to open the messages. I can’t even >> be rude to them and tell them to stop for fear of hurting their sentiments >> and invariably have to silently bear the brunt of their ‘good’ will >> messages.” >> >> Amit Shekhar, an engineer by profession and a blogger at heart, had to >> resort to the extreme of quitting WhatsApp. He is not alone, he points out. >> “I read about a lot of people online who have quit the popular social media >> app. There are various reasons, including the relentless group >> notifications and the huge amount of bandwidth that goes into downloading >> forwarded images and videos, but the most important reason is, of course, >> meaningless groups and their unrelenting ‘good morning’ messages.” >> >> He contends that in the last few months that he has distanced himself >> from his smartphone, he realises just how much time the app used to take in >> his daily life. “There was one less distraction to worry about and the >> constant need to look at the phone every five minutes vanished. I make use >> of this free time to listen to some good music, watch my favourite movie in >> peace or read a book without disturbance.” >> >> One of the reasons IT professional Nikita Jacob has deactivated automatic >> downloads on her phone is the people in her groups who wake up just to wish >> one another good morning. “Clearly they have no purpose in life other than >> annoying the hell out of me!” she laments. “Their one ‘good morning’ >> greeting is followed ritually by 20 other people responding back. They even >> annoy creatively with images and videos that wish good morning in so many >> terrible ways that the mornings have nothing good in them for me. I am sure >> half the money I spent in footing my huge mobile bills was because of >> internet charges for these nonsensical images and videos. I don’t even >> bother downloading them now.” >> >> It doesn’t just stop with the ‘good morning’ messages, mourns Simeon >> D’Souza, a banker. “These people go on to share photos of what they have >> for breakfast, lunch and dinner, forward random viral chain messages, >> meaningless moral lessons and inspirational quotes. My cousins are the >> worst with their absolutely random selfies they religiously share almost >> every six hours to which the rest of the family in the group devotedly >> shower praises.” The worst is when they get into a random personal >> conversation with one person in the group, he adds. “Why can’t they just >> chat in private? And to top all this is that one drama queen in the group >> who has to exaggerate emotions for every message with a stream of >> emoticons.” >> >> Naveen Thomas, an architecture student, contends that it isn’t all that >> bad. “At a time when people are becoming digital islands, WhatsApp groups >> help families and friends connect. Look at the bright side – at least there >> are people who wish you to have a good morning. If you can make it past the >> mindless spam, the app does help us socialise and stay in touch.” >> >> >> >> >> regards >> Guru >> >> IT for Change, Bengaluru >> www.ITforChange.net >> >> -- >> EnglishSTF Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/englishstf >> >> -- >> >> *For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit >> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions >> >> **Are you using pirated software? 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