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Q: How many wechat groups are you members of?
I seem to be in loads. If I am busy at work for a day, I have between 50 to a hundred messages to read. If I am sick for a few days I have hundreds.
8 years 1 week ago in Web & Technology - China
I can't stand wechat groups. I always sneak out of those. I loved wechat when it came out but now. I try so hard not to add new people because it's so annoying having tons of people contact you every second of the day.
None, 'cause I don't own chat-able phone. I can't chat with my Nokia.
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No groups and dont intend too. Just some subscription accounts besides known contacts..
ScotsAlan:
Subscription accounts? Do you mean news and such like? Can you share them with us?
WhyHowWhen:
Sure, you could 'follow' by adding below in China:
China daily / Shenzhen daily / GuideinChina / KeyToMainland etc..
News delivered by Wechat message daily!
iWolf:
Try China Wire sub account. It's a bit rubbish but not as bad as most and contains content sometimes relevant to those who hail from Foreignersland.
ScotsAlan:
Wow. I did not know that. I will have a look for those links.
WhyHowWhen:
If have trouble searching, you could visit website and scan QR code to follow.
ScotsAlan:
Cheers. I got Chinawire this morning. Looks interesting. Cant find china daily. Will have a look at the website and try thy scan thing.
WhyHowWhen:
China daily, just checked, you can subscribe at their Wechat id: RealTimeChina
I can't stand wechat groups. I always sneak out of those. I loved wechat when it came out but now. I try so hard not to add new people because it's so annoying having tons of people contact you every second of the day.
Let's just say I have 50-100 messages to read if I ignore my phone for an hour. I usually don't read them and just steal hongbaos instead.
Only two groups and they keep me busy enough.
I do subscribe to a number of accounts:
Chinawire
ThatsPRD
City weekend Guangzhou
GDToday
Globalnews (this one has some good rants!)
ZSFAC
Most have interesting China news stories but a lot of the stories are repeated across the different accounts.
I am only in work related groups and one other. If it is a chinese language group I change my name to a generic chinese name in a group, wait a few days then quit. No one notices you have left and the group can maintain 'face'.
Most groups are just a waste of time.
I did get some flak from a foreigners "jokes" group after I quit. There was nothing funny and mostly just porn clips. I still can't find that fuck I was supposed to give about the whiny bitches that complained about me quitting.
ScotsAlan:
I was invited to one of my wife's groups to share photos I had taken at a picnic. I will never join another Chinese group again :-) Messages by the thousand. And most about what they just ate :-o
A few, but I tend to turn off notifications so I don't get woken up at ungodly hours of the night by the drunks, or just inconsiderate. I mean, group posts at 1:30am?? Some people actually like to sleep then!
Most (all?) of the groups I'm in tend towards banter..
