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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelvin Chan

One Tech Tip: Group chats are a way of life but come with unspoken etiquette

One Tech Tip-Group Chat Etiquette - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Communicating on group chats has quickly become a way of life, but what are the rules?

We used to use email, the phone or talk in person. Now we use platforms like iMessage, WhatsApp or Slack to coordinate a night out with friends, a kids’ birthday party, a work project or even to discuss sensitive military information — as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did by sharing details of airstrikes in a Signal chat.

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