{"id":2353,"date":"2020-10-14T05:15:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T05:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2022-08-25T06:09:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T06:09:28","slug":"too-much-of-whatsapp-is-bad-for-your-productivity-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/best-practices\/too-much-of-whatsapp-is-bad-for-your-productivity-and-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Too much of WhatsApp is bad for your productivity and mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Social media<\/strong><\/a> have gained so much growth in the last two decades. Almost everyone is bound to an application, without which the day never ends. We wake up checking the phone and fail to fall asleep viewing everyone\u2019s post of the day. Unknowingly, we invest more time on social media. Unlocking the phone for every 30 seconds is a recent disorder of many users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All social media apps are designed to gain our attention and time again and again. Alert of incoming messages pulls us to respond instantly. It distracts us and creates mood swings. At a broader view, most of this application support professional networking, marketing and in maintaining relationships, in some way they affect our productivity and mental health too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staying connected is what the world\nneeds today. Either it is for business or for personal life, timely response\nmatters more. Most of us rely on communication apps to engage with millions of\npeople every day. They made conversations simpler and easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WhatsApp<\/strong>\nis the most popular and highly used personal communication platform, unlike any\nother applications. There are 1 billion daily active WhatsApp users. On\nan average, people who use this app often open it for every 40 minutes. It\u2019s a\nBoon for communication and as well as Bane for productivity and mental health.\nBelow are the reasons that TOO much of WhatsApp is bad for your productivity\nand mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 WhatsApp is basically a private communication\ntool. Whenever the notification pings, the hand automatically reaches the phone,\nno matter how busy you are. This seems distracting. Often checking your phone\ncan affect your productivity and concentration at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/strong>WhatsApp has some smart features which help ease communication among users. \u2018Blue Ticks\u2019 is one of them. It confirms that the message was read by the receiver. Several thoughts like over-thinking, misunderstanding happens when the double tick turns blue and no response is received from the other end. This leads to a waste of time and mental pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. False forward:<\/strong><\/h2><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many times have you received the same forward? How many times have you received a message asking you to pingback to your friends for something good to happen in the next 10mins or 3 days?  Don\u2019t know really, breaking such a chain matters more? Using a communication platform to forward false hopes and believes and useless messages are affecting many users mentally and is a waste of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Again, this is something related to forwards. Group chats are used for communicating messages to reach a group of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nowadays, WhatsApp groups have become more of a place to forward jokes and uninformative matters. Quality time on groups is null now. Overloaded messages and repeated notifications are treasures of pressure, better to be on mute for most of the days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Working at WhatsApp:<\/strong><\/h2><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  Using WhatsApp for business conversations has\nalready gained ground. Exchanging information, important messages, files and others\nhelp in building customer relationships. It has been observed that a lot of\nworkers use WhatsApp during working hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working using WhatsApp is\novertake by working at WhatsApp. More often to check and respond to business\nchats holding personal messages aside is unfair for any user. This reduces productivity\nat the workplace. It is for this reason that some companies do not allow any\nform of communication via personal phones during working hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 ways for better productivity:<\/strong><\/h2><\/p>\n\n\n\n