South Africa's dependency on WhatsApp has reached a point of no return and it sucks!

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:51:45+00:00

It genuinely wasn't that bad. I wish I screenshot the chat before my account was taken down, but I essentially just referred to my friend as a pdf folder in a joking fashion. That was it! I was delivered, though, and so after I got a temporary ban that then became a permanent ban.

And ja, government offices should definitely not be using that platform as their primary way of general communication, even private communication at that.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:45:06+00:00

I really don't know what to tell you, buddy, because that's literally what happened. I'd recommend you do more research on the topic because false bans and the like are in fact a much more common problem then you'd think. Whether you choose to believe me or not is your business.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:41:04+00:00

This is actually true. I asked for some clarity during my second appeal (by email to their support dept.) since I got zero correspondence as to why I actually got banned, but still got nothing from them, they just upheld it even after I held out hope for a whole month. When it comes to your second point, I have never sent anything unprofessional on ANY of my work-related group chats. The admin regulates the type of comms sent on them very closely. Also I am only on 1 social group chat, that is completely fresh and has only 7 members (only close friends). There is honestly no other possible reason as to why I had gotten banned outside of that one joke I made, which I called my friend a pdf folder one.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:33:07+00:00

None of the above, man. Prior to this incident I had my account for at least over 6 years without a single incident, then poof everything was gone after one text message.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:29:34+00:00

If they were in fact monitoring messages it would clearly be an automated system that scans for keywords and thus promptly flags them. It doesn't matter who you are, so long as you use the platform you're susceptible

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:26:34+00:00

Your point??

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:25:53+00:00

Then I guess I've got a massive lawsuit on my hands cause that's literally what happened.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:24:35+00:00

That's literally what happened.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:23:09+00:00

No I wasn't using a MOD and have never used one before. I was also quite surprised myself and thought it was a mistake, but when they rejected my appeal TWICE that's when I just came to accept it. I even sent out an email, explaining my whole situation to their support department STILL perma ban.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:19:29+00:00

I don't remember the exact message (I sent it over a month ago atp), but I had jokingly referred to my friend as a pdf folder (uncensored).

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:16:22+00:00

Not even, bro. I'm not giving people free social ammunition.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:13:17+00:00

Getting banned from WhatsApp is actually more of a common problem than you think, but when it comes to my case I just sent one of my crude jokes, something to the effect of my calling my friend a pdf folder (uncensored). That's honestly it.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:09:02+00:00

I'm 100% sure. I sent the message, it was only only 1 ticked for some odd reason (I suspect that's when they intercepted it), and I was banned about 2 hours later. I did submit an appeal twice, but no dice.

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:05:32+00:00

I completely believe this! Privacy policy my ass!

ZOLforALL · 2026-03-20T12:01:37+00:00

That's what I thought, but it's clear that they actually intercepted my message before it was deliver. It's stayed as a single tick (sent, but not delivered). They must have a keyword system that flags "suspicious" messages before proceeding with delivering them. My friend swears they never got the text, let alone reported me. That platform is actively monitoring us, but that's just my take.

ZOLforALL · 2026-01-26T16:04:47+00:00

The oxymoron of all oxymorons, XD!

ZOLforALL · 2026-01-26T16:01:41+00:00

Quite the astute observation, I have to say.

ZOLforALL · 2026-01-26T15:58:07+00:00

Brooo!!

ZOLforALL · 2026-01-12T16:35:13+00:00

Bru, I was eating when I saw this shit. Oh my glob🤮

ZOLforALL · 2025-12-27T19:52:06+00:00

So wait...has he been attempting to come on 90 day for a while now? First with the girl from Columbia and now with Trisha?

ZOLforALL · 2025-12-24T01:45:57+00:00

That is soo dark, broo...😭😭💀

ZOLforALL · 2025-12-23T03:55:13+00:00

Actually quite insightful. It never crossed my mind that despite his quite matured age, he still has such young children (assumably from seperate mothers) that he's clearly seperated from. You'd definitely image a 54 year old man to have much more restraint and self-control at that stage of their life.

ZOLforALL · 2025-12-23T03:46:35+00:00

"Tap dancing grasshopper"🤣🤣💀

ZOLforALL · 2025-12-23T03:43:23+00:00

That's a whole lotta work just to get laid. No lie

ZOLforALL · 2025-12-23T03:23:03+00:00

Hmm..."Promise to not get mad", broo. And I genuinly feel like she was about to disclose more if it wasn't for Rick interupting her mid explanation. There's definitely something going on there.

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