As for whatsapp and other messaging services, I am getting tired of the endless "interesting" pics and videos that people send, and usually expect some sort of acknowledgement even if just a quick smiley face. That includes cycling buddies sending "relive" clips of bike rides. Yes, good for you, !!
I do think whatsapp groups has made the work/other stuff just spiral out of control the last couple of years.
You have to find the balance that works for you. I did leave my workplace one for a couple of weeks as it did my head in. I would do so again if it got to that. Now I rarely post, I mostly stay in it to lurk just in case I need some documentary evidence of things said/bullying. There are downsides, I would imagine other workers would get annoyed by corporate weekend requests for overtime at farflung sites. I just read them and chuckle to myself now although I was annoyed by a manager at another site messaging me direct at a weekend when the England game was on that day when she doesn't have my number. A new member of staff refuses to go on whatsapp.
One place I volunteer for one of the least enjoyable bits is the argy bargy over contact particularly on whatsapp - no offices, no paid staff. It's a bit of a clash of different worlds. Some of the people who have Monday to Friday well paid secure work moan endlessly about contact in the 'evenings' or weekends (doesn't actually happen) at the people who do shift work, weekend or insecure work some of who find it annoying when they are messaged at other times but there you go. The people moaning will then be messaging people on holiday, 11pm at night at weekends and bank holidays! But there you go, there are upsides. It was the same when I was a trade union rep on minimum wage, you were expected to sort stuff out as some worker's life went into meltdown at a weekend, but the lazy blighters on their sumptuous salaries at head office disappeared into smoke before 5pm on a Friday.
My phone is nearly always on silent and I've experimented with turning off notifications. Still check a lot, but balance is a little different. At work I've had the texts at midnight, calls at 7am and so on .
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