Why didn't WeChat improve the embarrassing "delete friends" function? A probe into the reasons behind it

Wechat has long been integrated into people's daily lives, and its many functions have provided us with a lot of convenience.

But there is a function that many people have been embarrassed and puzzled. It is the "delete friends" function.

With the continuous increase of WeChat function, there are more and more opportunities to add friends, and the chances of using the "delete friends" function are also increasing.

Wechat deleting friends has two forms: one-way deletion and two-way deletion.

In real life, the one-way deletion function is used the most.

One-way deletion means that one party deletes friends without the other party knowing. When someone who was deleted one day wanted to chat on WeChat, he found that he was no longer a friend of the other party!

This embarrassing and angry situation can be imagined, and many people must have encountered it.

I don't think WeChat has perfected this function, but there are three situations:

Let's analyze the situation.

Wechat is a new generation product of Tencent's QQ translation. On the QQ platform, when you delete friends in one direction, you will also delete yourself from the other party's friend list.

It has been more than ten years since the WeChat product project was established in June, 20 10, and went online in June, 2010. In the meantime, after the pre-test and trial operation of the product, N functional iterations and version upgrades have been carried out.

Every version upgrade of Internet products is actually to fill loopholes, improve functions, increase user demand and enhance user experience.

20 14, on the day of the establishment of Tencent wechat business group, Zhang Xiaolong, the "father of wechat", sent an email to all employees, expounding seven values.

Among them are "doing something valuable to users", "learning and rapid iteration are more important than past experience" and "let users lead users, and word of mouth wins word of mouth." It can be seen that he attaches importance to the user experience.

These values were repeatedly mentioned by Zhang Xiaolong in Tencent's internal staff meeting and media interviews.

Moreover, WeChat has become a mature and excellent Internet product with smooth and exquisite functional links. It is a trump card product that Tencent attaches great importance to and has been upgraded to Tencent's strategic business system.

In particular, not only the WeChat team and Tencent employees are using WeChat products, but also the monthly active accounts of WeChat have exceeded 654.38+02 billion. I believe many people have vomited and fed back this question.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to say that Zhang Xiaolong and the WeChat team are ignorant of the loopholes and embarrassment in the design of the "one-way deletion of friends" function.

So the only conclusion is that this is the function of WeChat design. So for more than ten years, I will not change even if I die!

There are only two reasons for deleting friends in one direction.

One is when two people quarrel, especially young couples, hacking and deleting are common fighting methods.

Or because something is biased against someone, I feel that it is not necessary to be a WeChat friend with the other person.

There is also a temporary need, or adding WeChat friends on specific occasions.

Later, I didn't think it was necessary to keep it, or I haven't contacted each other for a long time, and I can't even remember who the other person is, so I deleted this "zombie" friend.

Some people feel that since friends have been deleted, there is no need to restore them.

But in real life, there is a possibility: after deleting friends, I want to get back together, or I want to find each other through WeChat one day.

Then I found that I had deleted each other. I regret my impulsiveness and meanness, and I am embarrassed by myself.

There is also an important scene, such as WeChat chat records and capital flow records, which are all important evidence.

If the other party quietly deletes you in one direction, you can try to restore your friend status and negotiate to recover the loss. Especially when the other party borrows money or swindles.

If you enter the word "WeChat" in Baidu search box, many alternative searches will pop up: how to restore deleted friends and how to retrieve deleted friends.

It can be seen that "retrieving deleted friends" is a great practical need.

At this time, WeChat has thought of it for you and prepared a method for you to find your deleted friends.

The friends list in WeChat is just an address book. Even if you delete your friends, they will still exist in the list. So you can re-add each other as friends and continue to be at the forefront.

At this time, you will realize the greatness of WeChat products and be grateful.

On the other hand, if WeChat is designed as "two-way deletion" like QQ, then when one party wants to restore friends, the painting style and ending will change.

The friendship you want to get back and the economic loss you want to recover have all become real wishful thinking.

However, the disadvantages of the functional design of "one-way deleting friends" are also obvious.

First, the deleted party did not know, and it was embarrassing to contact again.

Second, break off the relationship and leave a legacy.

For the party who actively deletes, their WeChat account, circle of friends and comments will also be exposed to the other party. Unless the function is set separately.

Then, the other party may not give up, pester you and add friends to harass you.

Even the other party will become angry from embarrassment and use your personal information that is still exposed to hurt you with ulterior motives.

Of course, this function designed by WeChat is not to be a living Lei Feng, nor to do justice for heaven.

Its design has its own operational logic and commercial value.

Wechat is an application that provides instant messaging services, and its core concept is "providing open social services".

Whether it's basic SMS, voice, telephone communication functions, adding friends by scanning QR code/radar/searching for micro-signals or telephone numbers, or creating/joining WeChat groups, as well as friends circle, public platform, shaking, drifting bottles, people nearby, applets and many other functions, its functional design starting point and development core are social.

In other words, the WeChat platform hopes that your social circle will become wider and wider, and there will be more and more friends. It doesn't want you to "break up" with your friends willfully and casually, but it also provides you with an opportunity to save your friends.

When users have more WeChat friends, the number of WeChat users will naturally increase, and the activity, interactivity and stickiness of social platforms will also increase.

Obviously, users and WeChat platform are interdependent and mutually beneficial.

This is also the survival logic of the WeChat platform, that is, the existence value.

The huge number of users has created a good soil for information flow and cash flow. The commercial value of the platform is also reflected.

Subsequently, the WeChat platform also spawned a series of functional applications such as social, entertainment, finance, shopping, tourism and education.

Therefore, WeChat has long been a platform with great commercial potential.

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