The WhatsApp announce the creation of societies, A virtual space where different group and broadcast chats can meet. The communities will be a kind of umbrella, the same virtual structure that will favor communication and management of different conversations on the same topic.
These communities can serve, for example, in the school environment. Thus, school administrators can, for example, create a community called “school” where they will include the various group or radio chats they have, with students’ parents, teachers, administrative staff, etc.
“We are building advertising channels so that administrators can communicate with different chats. also There are group guides So that users can join the topics that are relevant to them,” explained Jyoti Sood, WhatsApp Product Manager, as part of a conference in which she participated Infobae.
Users will be able to receive updates sent to the entire community and easily organize smaller discussion groups around issues that interest them.
Communities will also have new tools for admins, including notifications for everyone It will also give you more control over which groups can be included or not.
There will be an advertising channel, so from the school admin panel they will have a space where everyone can be reached. Administrators will be able to send messages to anyone in the communityThat is, to all groups associated with this community,” Sood emphasized, in the context of the conversation.
In turn, the released statement highlights that “the choice of communities will make the principal’s job easier, since You will be able to share the most important updates with all the parents, and create separate groups for specific classes, extracurricular activities, or volunteer needs.”
Although the examples focused on the use that can be given to the tool in the school environment, the truth is that It can also be used in other contexts such as clubs, work and even association building. Communities work like a large board that brings together different conversations on the same topic or space.
The tool will be available in the coming months worldwide but there is no exact date yet. Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, said: In the post announcing this news:
“We will start rolling this out slowly, but I expect it to be a huge evolution for WhatsApp and for online communications in general. In the same way that social networks have taken the basic technology behind the Internet and adapted it so that anyone can find people and content on the web, I think community messaging will take the protocols basic behind one-to-one messaging and expands it to include that you can communicate more easily with groups of people to get things done together.”
The main benefits for societies
1. Better organization of group chats and various broadcast groups on a topic
2. Help prioritize content
3. Advertising channels for administrators to share relevant information.
4. It contains a directory of groups associated with the same community so that members of the community can find and join them easily.
5. Allows users to create new conversations, make calls and add new users
Other features are coming to WhatsApp in the coming weeks. Some of them are already ready for trial use:
Interactions: Reactions with emojis They will reach all WhatsApp users so that people can quickly share their opinions without having to resort to texting.
Option to delete content by administrator: Group admins will be able to delete messages in group chats that they deem irrelevant or problematic.
File sharing: 2GB files can now be shared so people can easily collaborate on projects. This option is currently only available in Argentina but will gradually reach the rest of the world.
Calls with more participants: One-touch voice calls will be added to talk with up to 32 people. They will have a completely new design.
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