SEE: Internet reacts to woman calling out men over 40 for using WhatsApp calls
Did anyone else know that WhatsApp calling had an age limit?
In the digital age, we currently find ourselves in; you can make calls from almost any social media app.
You can even call someone from Facebook, where we used to post cringe-worthy birthday messages on our friend's wall or poke people.
So it only makes sense that making calls would be a feature that is included on a messaging app that solely focuses on helping you communicate with people... like WhatsApp.
Now we all know that seeing as WhatsApp calls work with Wi-Fi or data, it can sometimes be a bit shaky, but WhatsApp has come a long way with improving the service, and now most people like to use it, especially when you have access to Wi-Fi, and you do not have to use your airtime.
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Even though we are in the year 2021 and Wi-Fi calling makes so much more sense than buying airtime, according to Bontlefeela Mogoye, this does not matter, and you should know that if you are a man over the age of 40, you should not be making WhatsApp phone calls.
A bold claim, but she took to Twitter and said what she said:
Why would a whole 40 something year old man call a woman using WhatsApp call😩.
— Major Bontlefeela🏳️🌈🌈 (@BontlefeelaB) June 13, 2021
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As expected the responses came flooding in and it sparked a massive debate.
Should men over a certain age be using WhatsApp call or is there an age restriction we should know about?
Funny enough quite a few women agreed with her:
To be honest, I also hate it, in most cases I don't answer it.
— Asanele Malibeni (@Asanele20729203) June 13, 2021
I hate ama WhatsApp calls.
— khumbudzo (@khumbudz0) June 13, 2021
Waiting for a minute just to hear ones response,I have no patience for that😩😩
He's telling you without telling you he doesn't have airtime 😂😂
— Natasha (@dramadelinquent) June 13, 2021
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But many more people, men and women, had some major issues with her statement and they made a few valid points:
Me & my man literally do WhatsApp calls/video unless there’s an emergency. It’s the life of uncapped wifi. People who don’t wanna evolve with technological advancements will not understand😂😂😂 A call is call, so long as u can hear me.
— MaMnguni💛 (@NCammyy) June 13, 2021
this hurts me because i live in louis Trichardt and to get @Vodacom NETWORK enough for a call i have to walk outside the gate, if it wasnt be for wifi and whatsapp call i would not be able to communicate.
— Hope (@hope_shateyi) June 14, 2021
A whole Billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg and his team didn't place an age restriction on Whatsapp calls but Bontle and 2cent standards... pic.twitter.com/s78Fb5EUXn
— Denk Mbingaldo (@UncleDenk) June 13, 2021
Most people from abroad prefers that over normal phone calls and I wish South Africans can adjust to this, because why spend money when you can use WiFi to make calls? Also there’s more privacy in WhatsApp call dn normal calls🤷🏽♀️
— Keabetswe (@PrincessKeab) June 13, 2021
Airtime or data = A call is a call is a call, ma'am.💁🏽♀️
— Zandile Nkonyeni (@Zanndee) June 13, 2021
WhatsApp call is basically Voice over IP(VoIP). Most companies use VoIP to cut costs and make communication easier. You may make fun of WhatsApp call kante all along your company is using VOIP. pic.twitter.com/4JwJiaATGV
— SellSaul (@SellSaul) June 13, 2021
Hayi bo...People do it...I have been called by sixty something year old business people and Politicians locally and Internationally using WhatsApp...I've never seen anything wrong with it...Is there anything wrong with it? @BontlefeelaB
— Enterprise TV Network - Siphokazi Sowazi (@enterprisetv_sa) June 13, 2021
It seems like Twitter has finally found something they can agree on and unite against - age restrictions on WhatsApp calls!
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