There are billions of people using WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, or even Instagram for group chats. These platforms are ideally designed for “personal conversations” — more specifically individual chats. A new app called Wavelength wants to change that narrative by putting group chat on the front stage.
The app is built by the makers of Telepath, a social network that debuted in 2020. But it never really took off as it was shut down last year.
At the core, Wavelength — currently available on iOS and Mac to everyone — wants to solve the mess of traditional groups by creating threads for different conversations. In a typical WhatsApp or Telegram group, the chat is one-dimensional. All participants are sending messages to one giant river. So people can be talking about sports, p...
