WhatsApp expert needed please!

[tissuebox]

The parents at school have created a WhatsApp group to communicate with each other. Great, except that already people are posting the wrong posts in the group. We’re getting messages to family members, messages about personal stuff...

I don’t want to do this! Is there a way of hiding a WhatsApp group or double checking before you post in it or something to stop me doing this?

Thanks

How weird, I've never once had wrong messages posted in any of the groups I'm in. Sounds a bit attention seeking really

I’ve done it to my sister rather than my husband. Chat was open and I just forgot I’d been talking to her instead of him.

You can mute it, if that helps? Click on the info bit next to the back button and it will give you a little toggle switch I think?

If the group is clearly named 'St Catherine's school group' then how can they get confused?

Don’t think it’s attention seeking, the messages are either innocuous or embarrassing. I think they have just read something in the group and left it open and not checked when going to WhatsApp someone else.

I once posted a message on WhatsApp whinging about my dad to who I thought was my husband, but in fact was my dad.

I wasn't concentrating.

If people concentrate, they will post in the right group.

VimFuego101 if they usually leave one open and just go into WhatsApp and start posting. they might not notice.

What does mute mean? Will I still get messages?

Bumping bump

Anyone know how to “hide” or password protect a WhatsApp group?

bumpety bump and pretty please

No I don't thi k you can do that, it's just like texting. You will just have to be really carefull. Just check the name of who your posting to before you send. It's not that hard.

It obviously is though! We've had another message this morning sent to the entire group meant for someone else. Deleted within minutes but still potentially read by everyone. Think tiredness doesn't help!

If you're looking for tips, rather than nonexistent functionality, I'd recommend hitting "back" whenever you are finished with a conversation.

So then when you open the app, you'll go to the list of conversations, not to the last conversation you were in.

It's no harder to post in the right WhatsApp chat group than it is to send a text to the right person.

@tissuebox if you swipe left on main page on WhatsApp, the option to 'Archive' will come up, click at and then the chat will be hidden away or 'archived' so you don't have to see what is posted in it etc. If for any reason you want to access it, scroll to the top of the screen and you will see 'archived chats' and if you click on that it will bring the WhatsApp group back up. Then click back as you would with any other chat and you are back at the main screen again

Also, muting doesn't stop you getting messages, you just don't get the notification on your home screen, so you only get the messages if you actively decide to open WhatsApp. Useful for large group chats that go off on tangents that you're not interested in. You can mute for 8 hours or a week or a year.

It sounds like you have a lot of stupid people in that group tbh. I'm in several groups and it happens occasionally but not frequently.

The way not to make a mistake is to check before you message.

Thanks all. I think some people are more prone to it than others and the group is large so there’s obviously a few of them who are going to do it!

I will try and hit back all the time, that is a good habit to get into.