'Quiet Exit' Feature to Be Introduced in KakaoTalk Group Chats

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] A feature allowing users to leave KakaoTalk group chats without notifying others will be introduced.

On the 23rd, Kakao stated, "We are preparing to expand the scope of the 'quiet exit' feature for group chats," adding, "We are also continuously reviewing various features to reduce users' communication fatigue." However, the exact timing for the introduction of this feature has not been determined.

In regular KakaoTalk group chats and Open Chats, a message saying "○○○ has left" appears the moment a user leaves the chat room. At the end of last year, Kakao introduced the quiet exit feature in 'Team Chat Rooms,' group chats created by users of KakaoTalk's paid service 'Talk Drawer.'

There have been ongoing demands for the introduction of this feature in regular group chats as well.

In response, Kim Jeong-ho, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, proposed a partial amendment to the "Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection," which requires information and communication service providers offering real-time conversations among three or more users to implement technical measures allowing users to leave conversations without notifying others.

Kakao stated that it had been preparing to introduce the 'quiet exit' feature even before the bill was proposed. They explained that after first applying it to Team Chat Rooms, they monitored user reactions and reviewed the effects of the introduction.

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