Group Chat Rules Nobody Wrote Down (Until Now)

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Preview โ€” The Goal

๐Ÿ’ฌ The Goal: The group chat is modern society's most lawless space โ€” 47 unread messages about nothing, the one friend who replies to everything individually, the 7 a.m. meme barrage, plans that die because nobody commits, and the ancient chat that should have been archived two years ago. Nobody teaches group chat etiquette because everyone assumes it's obvious โ€” and everyone's 'obvious' is different, which is exactly how resentments start. Here are the unwritten rules, finally written down: how to be the member everyone's glad is there, how to run plans that actually happen, and how to leave a chat without causing a diplomatic incident.