Replying to WhatsApp photo 'messages'

[Dalooah]

It does my nut in when people send you a photo 'message' the likes of 'seasons greetings'/event related. Like a merry Xmas photo on Xmas day instead of a personalised message. I'd rather not receive a forwarded photo that's essentially messaging version of junk mail. Is it just me?

Do I need to reply? I feel like it's rude not to, but I don't want to reply with an equally cringey/impersonal photo back. Can I safely ignore knowing that person who sent it won't even realise until they next send me a personal message? Don't want to waste time and effort replying to someone who only broadcast sent me a photo

To me it shows that person thought of you enough to send it to you, broadcast or not, so I would reply, yes, with a personalised message if that's what you prefer

That is what the emoji response was invented for, surely?

It's maybe not something I would send and I don't get many but it certainly wouldn't bother me to receive it. I'd probably heart or thumbs up or something then go about my day never thinking about it again.

👍

If you don't like GIFS then it's fine not to use them in your messages.
I considered using one as a reply but I won't 😉

I also use 👍

I have seen more people put these kind of photos in status now but received a few tonight, I just replied with the same but in words.

I find that heart eyes covers most bases. 😍

It depends. If I use a gif I try to find one especially relevant to the recipient and that often takes more time than writing a message.