Are you one of those people who are offended when your WhatsApp message has been read but not answered?
No? Maybe you just don't care if people see that you were online but didn't feel like answering messages...
Whether you like it or not, your online status reveals more about you than you may realize! Depending on who you make yourself visible to, you will see when you were last active on WhatsApp under your name.
You can of course change this under Settings and have the choice between
- Everyone (all WhatsApp users see your online status),
- My Contacts (shows the online status of all contacts from the address book),
- No one.
If you choose one of the options that hide your online status, you will not be able to see “last online” information from others.
If someone opens the app, the status “online” appears under their name.
And what type are you?
The online marketing and social media agency Xeit GmbH conducted an extensive study on the subject of social media in Switzerland - with extremely usable results.
Based on these results, the editorial team at 20 minutes to identify 16 different WhatsApp types based on their handling of online status.
We are sure that one or the other can definitely identify with one of the types presented...
Status activated
The Freedom Lover
This guy doesn't care if others see when he was last online. Personal freedom means everything to him. In his opinion, anyone who worries about their reputation because of their online status is a weak personality and a victim of technology.
The Honest
He doesn't need to hide anything. He can easily explain to the boss why he was active on WhatsApp during the meeting. This user also ensures that the time of his messages coincides with his online status as much as possible. If he were online without immediately answering messages from his contacts, he would feel like a traitor.
The Hillbilly
He is at loggerheads with technical applications. He is happy when he has some control over the main functions of an app. Never in his wildest dreams would he imagine that there was an option to set online status. He found out the hard way that this status even exists - namely when his boss asked him: "Why were you still online at three o'clock last night without answering my message?"
The Braggart
He is proud of his popularity. Everyone should see that he is still online early in the morning and late at night to answer his many WhatsApp messages. His contacts should also know that he is extremely busy and doesn't need more than four hours of sleep. That's why he only goes to bed after briefly opening the app around midnight. He only sets the alarm for four in the morning to open the app and update the online status.
The Oppressed
This type is tightly controlled by the partner. When a work colleague calls in the evening with an urgent problem, the partner immediately searches their cell phone, computer and tablet for secret flirting messages. If this user were to deactivate his online status, he would immediately be suspected of having an affair.
The Innocent Angel
This guy likes to party all night long, but wants to show his parents how good he is. If he promised to come home by midnight at the latest, he will open WhatsApp for the last time at midnight. He then carries on with the party – and under no circumstances opens WhatsApp again.
The Compassionate
Parents and friends are constantly worried about this guy. Did he get home safely at night? Is he still alive in the USA during his exchange year? He is happy about his online status. This way he doesn't have to constantly reassure you that everything is okay.
The Stalker
Nothing interests him as much as other people's private lives. That's why he has saved contacts on WhatsApp that he only knows superficially or doesn't know at all. He loves puzzling over why his dentist was online for two hours straight - or what his teacher was doing on the app until early in the morning.
No status
The Persecuted
After surfing the Internet, this guy regularly deletes the history and cookies. If he has googled more than one term, he will also add a virus check. He is convinced that the NSA, hackers and online companies are abusing his status. After he downloaded Whatsapp, he was woken up by a nightmare: the police were handcuffed at the door, his account had been looted and the whole village knew that he had sent his flame a kiss emoji at 7 a.m.
The Cheater
He's slowly running out of excuses. He has claimed too many times that his boss contacted him on WhatsApp late at night about an urgent matter. He then chats with his Tinder contacts.
The addict
He is not only active on WhatsApp in every free minute. Even during school, work or in the middle of the night he can't keep his hands off it. Nobody should know that the app has him firmly under control.
The stressed person
He wants to ignore his boss's messages, but doesn't want to neglect his friends. His boss believes the app is an extended workplace. He constantly bombards him with questions and orders after work. This goes so far that his boss accuses him of refusing to work because he was online without responding to his messages.
The Friendly
One doesn't always have the desire or time to respond to his contacts immediately. It's important to him to be able to ignore messages without making himself unpopular with his friends.
The Disappointed
He tries to come to terms with the fact that life is not a pony farm. The best way to do this is to close his eyes to reality. Too many times this guy has been disappointed after messaging his contacts: They didn't respond right away - even though he clearly saw that they were online.
The unlucky lover
The crush is online but doesn't respond to messages. The heart of the unlucky lover is almost broken. Now this person is feeling better: If there is no response for a long time, he can calm down better with the fact that maybe the flame really wasn't online.
The fraudster
He doesn't take the truth too seriously. This guy is also not the most reliable person. If messages come in handy, he may respond. If she annoys him, he claims he hasn't seen her yet. His mother once caught him on WhatsApp even though he claimed he didn't have an internet connection. Since then, he only decides whether it is worth opening the app after looking at the messages on the lock screen.
Notes:
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