His shivu changidra On 3 Feb 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 > > -- > *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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