I think my personal breaking point was a GroupMe with 750 college seniors in it. Though I am part of several lovely group chats, that was the one that made me realize that sometimes you’ve got to cut and run. While the group chat as a technology for keeping in touch received a lot of praise during the height of the pandemic, it seems like lately people are coming around to the idea that some—many!—group chats aren’t lifelines at all: They’re downright bad. Even group chat emporium WhatsApp knows it: The service recently announced that it was embracing the Irish...