Introduction
WhatsApp, a software which was started in 2009 and now is globally used by almost the entire world, and because of that reason of course it would have an impact on the identities and relationships of individuals. WhatsApp has been able to make communication between people so much more simple and fast, unlike past years when you would need to send letters and it would take days and months to reach, with WhatsApp with a click of one button you can now video and phone call whoever you want, this has made the thought of communication not a problem any more creating better relationships between individuals. It was originally founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum who were former Yahoo Employees , but later it was bought by Meta Platforms in 2014 for $19 Billion Dollars. Currently their WhatsApp headquarters are located in The United States of America in California, WhatsApp’s real reason for getting invented had no connection for becoming the world most used communication app, rather it was only made so that it would be a communication source which would show if a person is available or not.
Identities
Whatsapp allows people to show their identity differently than what it may be in real life, such as allowing profile pictures and descriptions about yourself, which in a way affects your identity because you are allowed to express yourself regardless of what you really are. Whtasapp has a feature in which when you send a message you get to know whether the person you have sent the message to has gotten it and read it and the way it works is that below every text you send there are tick marks and when there is two it means it has been sent and when it turns blue it means it has been seen, because of this reason if a person does not want to respond to a message but they have seen it, normally they would still have to because the person who send the message already knows that you have seen it and not responding to it usually means that you are ignoring them, even if you are not, small things like this also affect your identity on the platform.
Relationships
WhatsApp has effected relationships, because it has helped families be in different countries and continents but still have a very strong relationships, WhatsApp is very simple to use allowing people in old age communicating through WhatsApp very easily as well. When people go to different countries for better job opportunities or weather to get better education trough WhatsApp they can still communicate with their family with ease. WhatsApp has allowed people to create new relationships by exchanging phone numbers because it is so convenient to use, On WhatsApp you can exchange phone numbers extending relationships with people. WhatsApp allows you to order groceries from you local shop which also allows to have a better relationship with the shop owner, overall all of these example contribute to your relationship with other people
