Earlier this week, Freia sent a WhatsApp to the family group.
"
hello! for work i'm writing about family whatsapp groups like ours. if you want, can you tell me in 1 or 2 lines what you like about whatsapp and how you think it has helped (or not) our family?
"
Here's what Ivy had to say
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As a doctor, its excellent as it allows opinions to juniors and 2nd opinions to colleagues after reviewing reports n X-rays sent on WhatsApp.
Sometimes its a distraction and a waste of time.
And finally instant communication. For small things. End of feedback. For more, you need to call, not use WhatsApp.
"
And here's what I said
"
I think its a great tool. Its a beautiful fusion of instant messaging and email. :-)
The real life concepts of multiple spaces works well. 1-1, Immediate family group. Extended family group. Friends. Broadcast, ...
"
And finally Freia wrote and published her article. Using none of the feedback we and the rest of the family gave her. Which resulted in a beautiful, well written article.
WhatsApp brought my great big Indian family closer together
http://mashable.com/2017/04/18/whatsapp-families-india/#LFDEW75mciq7
The article got picked up by Yahoo. And was translated in French. And was critically appreciated by her parents. And family. And friends. And ...
But the largest impact was on our family group. Where everyone was discussing who the "Decades old aunt" was. Starting with the daughter. Who caught on before anyone else could even finish reading the article and posted the below message on the family group.
Freia's other articles are equally good. To read other articles by Freia, check out her page at:
http://mashable.com/author/freia-lobo/
Disclaimer: As Freia's Dad my opinion could be biased. Although I'd like to think its not. :-)
"
hello! for work i'm writing about family whatsapp groups like ours. if you want, can you tell me in 1 or 2 lines what you like about whatsapp and how you think it has helped (or not) our family?
"
Here's what Ivy had to say
"
As a doctor, its excellent as it allows opinions to juniors and 2nd opinions to colleagues after reviewing reports n X-rays sent on WhatsApp.
Sometimes its a distraction and a waste of time.
And finally instant communication. For small things. End of feedback. For more, you need to call, not use WhatsApp.
"
And here's what I said
"
I think its a great tool. Its a beautiful fusion of instant messaging and email. :-)
The real life concepts of multiple spaces works well. 1-1, Immediate family group. Extended family group. Friends. Broadcast, ...
"
And finally Freia wrote and published her article. Using none of the feedback we and the rest of the family gave her. Which resulted in a beautiful, well written article.
WhatsApp brought my great big Indian family closer together
http://mashable.com/2017/04/18/whatsapp-families-india/#LFDEW75mciq7
The article got picked up by Yahoo. And was translated in French. And was critically appreciated by her parents. And family. And friends. And ...
But the largest impact was on our family group. Where everyone was discussing who the "Decades old aunt" was. Starting with the daughter. Who caught on before anyone else could even finish reading the article and posted the below message on the family group.
Freia's other articles are equally good. To read other articles by Freia, check out her page at:
http://mashable.com/author/freia-lobo/
Disclaimer: As Freia's Dad my opinion could be biased. Although I'd like to think its not. :-)
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