Does anyone ever use the WhatsApp status but??

[00100001]

Accurate scientific polling here. Do you or your contacts use it, and regularly?

None of my contacts have ever used it, I get little alert icons, but it always WhatsApp itself (presumably trying to promote the function?)

Majority of my contacts use it, I barely ever check 😂 just check messages.

OP could be from a particular area of Scotland where they use 'but' like that.

Just looked. I didn't even know it was there.

I have one contact who does
Random stuff
And one who accidentally did once without realising

Just looked. Didn't know it was there and wouldn't use it. Nothing from any of my contacts either. So a resounding no!

My friend uses it for religious messages

No never. What is the community thing about? Seen that at the bottom but also never used

I assumed ‘bit’ not but.
I don’t use it btw!

I know a couple of people who use it regularly. I've used it once or twice but not for ages

OP do you mean status or story??

I have some friends/family in India that use it, but I’ve never seen any of my UK/US friends use it

Status

At the top you have 'chats', 'status' and 'calls'.

The 'hey I'm using WhatsApp ' is the about information.

This is the whole section on the main page called Status.

This bit here.

Definitely called status.

I think the Irish also use ‘but’ in exactly this way. (I’ve certainly seen it used by Irish characters in novels written by Irish writers).

@waterlego interesting! Makes sense as a lot of Aussies have Irish heritage.

Definitely a Glaswegian thing too - hear this all the time from my family.

it's possible that they are related to WhatsApp's built-in polling feature, which allows users to create and share simple polls within their conversations. These polls are not scientific in nature and are primarily intended for casual or informal purposes.

@00100001 can you explain what "but" is. Is this a typo? I haven't a clue what you are talking about.

I have one contact who updates his status daily, usually with inspirational quotes. A couple of others have updated it once or twice, possibly by accident. Most people use WhatsApp to message people and if they're going to make a general comment, they'll use a different platform like Facebook or Instagram.

DD12 and her friends use it regularly, a lot of chain type stuff or wishing happy birthdays. Don't know any adults who do.

I live in Germany and often use the status as do friends in Germany. Oddly none of my friends/family in the UK ever posts or looks at mine

12 y/o DS uses it for those chain things that kids do : "repost if you love Christmas" etc. My ex and one friend use it like a Facebook status : "Happy birthday to my nephew" or sharing a pic.
I've never used it!

No, think I used up all my 'status updates' rights back in my MSN chat days 🤣

but = bit