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Turning on disappearing mode on WhatsApp is the height of it all.

I am yet to understand why a sane person would turn on 24hrs or any disappearing mode whatsoever on WhatsApp.

It is even worse if you're a business man like myself because I'll never take you serious. A customer whose WhatsApp was set to 24hrs disappearing mode chatted me up for an item and we settled at a particular price, 6 days later the young man showed up at my store and we started re-bargaining all over again. Dude said it's like we've agreed on the price before and I demanded he shows me our previous chats which has since disappeared from WhatsApp. In summary, he ended up paying 15k extra making it 100k, instead of 85k!

I personally feel people whose WhatsApp is on disappearing mode are the most unserious people in life.

Some said they did that because they needed space on their phones. Are there still phones with 32gb storage capacity in 2026? Which space are they talking about?

Tell us, why do you turn on disappearing mode on WhatsApp?

Hehe... Na people wey nor dey talk anything reasonable for chats dey disappear their messages.

It makes sense for certain groups where people banter and information shared has a very short shelf life.

if people wont need it, the feature wont be there...some people just hate seeing numerous messages that are not useful for anything than just that moment..

Trying to be impartial and not attaching presence to anything

RealityKings1:
Trying to be impartial and not attaching presence to anything

You always reason 'off key' a lot you this tilumbu EBILokan supporter

Later you go dey pursue eejo like how fly dey chase sh1t

Stephen0mozzy:
Hehe... Na people wey nor dey talk anything reasonable for chats dey disappear their messages.

It makes sense for certain groups where people banter and information shared has a very short shelf life.

Swears!

I feel they have no important details or conversations going on their WhatsApp!

No business man or serious minded individual will try such.

Britishpea:
if people wont need it, the feature wont be there...some people just hate seeing numerous messages that are not useful for anything than just that moment..

Exactly why I said no serious minded business man will try such. It's for only unserious people who uses WhatsApp for cruise and nothing else.

Imagine having updated goods or market prices, receipts, invoices, list of goods with their prices etc all on your WhatsApp messages, probably sent to you from the company or your dealer and then it all disappears within 24hrs or 7 days? Lol.

So one would have to contact his or her dealer or company to resend the prices and pictures again? No company or dealer will take such a person serious in life. That's the height of unseriousness.

However, I'm speaking from a business standpoint. I don't know about other people's reasons for doing such!

Goo0dHardDick:
Exactly why I said no serious minded business man will try such. It's for only unserious people who uses WhatsApp for cruise and nothing else.

Imagine having updated goods or market prices, receipts, invoices, list of goods with their prices etc all on your WhatsApp messages, probably sent to you from the company or your dealer and then it all disappears within 24hrs or 7 days? Lol.

So one would have to contact his or her dealer or company to resend the prices and pictures again? No company or dealer will take such a person serious in life. That's the height of unseriousness.

However, I'm speaking from a business standpoint. I don't know about other people's reasons for doing such!

Whatsapp is not meant for only serious business..all sorts of people use it... You are right in some way, even business people can use the feature when they want to talk to their concubines, pimps, hooks and some dirty stuffs and its still business because money and other transactions will transpire during these frames...The point is that you should know when and what to use the feature(for)
cultists will use it, bandits even will use it...it is an avenue for communication and there are serious businesses that must not see the light of a third party reader and must be wiped with timing

Because it is their phone and they have every right to do whatever they want with it.

I am a meticulous record keeper and I hate that feature more than anything.

You should be asking why WhatsApp introduced that useless feature in the first place rather than poking your nose where it doesn’t belong.

Messages were once deleted during YIM and other IM chat rooms. There were no options to even backup. Na you know wetin you de keep.

Edit: I think Seun still asks us for our YIM. Some people go confuse wondering wetin be dat

Goo0dHardDick:
Turning on disappearing mode on WhatsApp is the height of it all.

I am yet to understand why a sane person would turn on 24hrs or any disappearing mode whatsoever on WhatsApp.

It is even worse if you're a business man like myself because I'll never take you serious. A customer whose WhatsApp was set to 24hrs disappearing mode chatted me up for an item and we settled at a particular price, 6 days later the young man showed up at my store and we started re-bargaining all over again. Dude said it's like we've agreed on the price before and I demanded he shows me our previous chats which has since disappeared from WhatsApp. In summary, he ended up paying 15k extra making it 100k, instead of 85k!

I personally feel people whose WhatsApp is on disappearing mode are the most unserious people in life.

Some said they did that because they needed space on their phones. Are there still phones with 32gb storage capacity in 2026? Which space are they talking about?

Tell us, why do you turn on disappearing mode on WhatsApp?

I too detest the feature.

Howecer, different stroke for different folks.

I once dated a girl who deletes all emails she has already read. Some people dont like clutter.

At the end of the day, i am a bit like you: i feel those who have this feature are not deep thinkers

It is for cheaters who cheat and don't want their partners to stumble on their chats.

Britishpea:
Whatsapp is not meant for only serious business..all sorts of people use it... You are right in some way, even business people can use the feature when they want to talk to their concubines, pimps, hooks and some dirty stuffs and its still business because money and other transactions will transpire during these frames...The point is that you should know when and what to use the feature(for)
cultists will use it, bandits even will use it...it is an avenue for communication and there are serious businesses that must not see the light of a third party reader and must be wiped with timing

You're right but my emphasis is on business men!

However, non-business people can tell us why they use it because as a business man I can't!

Their phone memory don full nah why..

PulaPower:
Their phone memory don full nah why..

I think for some it is phone memory issue

It's a big turn-off to me.... Similar to hiding Read Receipts - that shows as blue.

I see it as usually dishonest people that are hiding something and have an exaggerated feeling of self importance.

If you're not a President or Senator, why do you want to hide that you've read a message? And it's usually the people of low status that do it.

If I am conducting business with you and you put Disappearing Messages, I see you as a potential thief and will put it on IMMEDIATELY.