Part Alternation Mark on WhatsApp

What it signals here

chat meaning

Rarely used in direct chat; when it appears, it's typically decorative or used by someone who discovered obscure Unicode symbols.

status meaning

May appear in WhatsApp statuses as an aesthetic divider or mysterious symbol to make a status look 'different' or artistic.

double meaning

In South Asian and East Asian WhatsApp groups, some users associate it vaguely with music or performance contexts.

See it elsewhere