When someone leaves a group chat

[Jambalaya76]

Without Explanation. Is it rude to leave a group chat without explaining?
Of you don't explain, the general consensus is that someone has pissed you off?? And you leave without explanation? Is this right?
This happens across many chat groups. So is this the done thing, or
Is it just rude?

Depends on the chat. Most folk leave because of the annoying beeping all the time for mundane chat.

It generally means people just are not interested any more or don't want their phone pinging with explanations.

I wouldn't think it was rude at all, unless it was a group of close friends or something.

Depends, if its your birthing partner leaving a group chat about your early labour pains, very rude.
If it is a school class group chat, perfectly fine.

Usually means someone is pissed off in ours.. 😅

Why would joining in a chat sentence you to never being able to stop chatting, like a sort of screen version of the Hotel California?
They don’t owe you any explanation.

If it's one with lots of people on then it's no big thing. If it's a family chat/work mates/ pta group for example then I do think it is rude to leave without saying something. Some people my mum don't realise that it says So and so has left the group, so may not realise how rude it looks.

This is why I have never joined.

Personally, I think it’s rude to announce to a group chat that you’re leaving, that leads to all sort of additional messages.

Simply leaving the chat is a much better route. Could be the topic no longer appeals, is boring or no longer relevant. Many reasons for someone to leave a group chat than having been pissed off by another member or post.

I fucking hate groups chats, can't stand my phone pinging constantly. I had to be in one for work and it was so annoying even with notifications turned off.

If people can add me willynilly to group chats without asking I can sure as hell leave them without telling anyone

I think I mute all the group chats I'm in 😂

I did leave one though, and as it was a group of close friends I did explain why I was leaving.

Why don’t ping haters switch the ping off?

I left one recently, Its better to leave without saying anything then end up with a flurry of messages. People cant win though as thats when flouncing comments start.

If it's a small group of closer friends then yes I think it's rude to leave without saying something. It's also possible to mute conversations so you don't need to listen to notification noises.

If it's a big general group, then no I don't think it's rude.

It’s only seen as rude by the professionally offended.
Most people will see the notification and not give it a second thought.
Professionally offended will stew over it for days, wondering if it’s something they’ve done etc.

I mute group chats and ask the person who’s admin to take me off so no one sees me leave 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m also the type of person that prefers to slip out of a party than say good bye to everyone.

I often have clear ups of old chats where no one has spoken for a while, so maybe that's it. If loads of conversations have been going on then no idea, has someone offended this person and you don't realise?

But you can be added without your permission why would you be offended if anyone leaves- unless it’s a small group of close friends.
I really don’t see the problem

Just leaving is more polite than sending a message to say 'actually I'm sick to fucking death of you sending me a million photos of something I have absolutely no interest in'.

I've just left one because it was about an upcoming event that I can't attend. There didn't seem to be much point staying in the chat.

I was just added to one for information/ marketing. I left immediately.

I wasnt angry, just didn't want the constant updates

I think WhatsApp makes it look sort of rude and dramatic by the way it just says “soandso has left the group”.
I have wanted to leave before especially where it was set up to arrange a meet up or something and I can’t make it so don’t particularly want to be party to all the miniature detail but have ended up just staying and muting as don’t want to appear rude! Ridiculous!

Depends entirely on context.
I left one this week because I hadn't really followed it or contributed anything for several weeks. I didn't say I was leaving and hope it didn't seem rude, it just wasn't relevant anymore.

There are other chats - with close friends, work-related etc. that would be totally different and can't be left...

No you can just leave. They can still contact you directly. I always leave group chats as they are annoying. That pinging alert sound Informing me of the next most mundane sentence in the conversation .

My nephew, 28yrs old, does this all the time. We are very close btw. We have several family group chats with different topics amongst our family. Every time a new group is set up he leaves as it drives him mad, I want him to feel included, his mum lives abroad. So I just keep re adding him! I get whiney messages asking "do I have to be in this group " yup pal if I have to suffer so do you