> You can do this by archiving the groups, they will only appear if you go in the archived chats tab and won't notify you.

No you can't, read again, I *don't* want a red dot signalyzing there's new messages on my archive.

> You can already do this in the Privacy options.

Unless you're in some A-B test I definetely don't have this option on my Privacy setting. Just Triple checked.

> This is honestly stupid, there's no way you will be able to follow a conversation where some people's messages aren't displayed.

The hot take is: I don't need to follow any conversation that includes those individuals. But I need to follow notices, and important information regarding my job.

How about hide behind a notice: "You mutted this person, click here if you want to read the message anyway.". There, some middle ground.

> Leave your family groups and refuse to use WhatsApp for work.

I'm not even sure how to respond to this, if you're privilleged enough to say this, good for you. I'm definetely not.