For broadcast to work it says the persons receiving the message should have the sender’s number in their phone address book but not so for group messaging, though both are multi-person messaging. What is the difference?
Sidharth Verma
June 11, 2013 at 3:05 pm
The difference between a broadcasted message to multiple people and a group chat message is that in the group chat everyone sees all messages sent within the group. If someone replies to a broadcasted message on the other hand, only you as the original broadcaster will receive that reply.
Source:http://www.businessproductivity.com/whats-whatsapp-and-how-can-i-use-it/
DrSunil Vaswani
June 13, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thanks!
I understand.
Appending subquestion : Is there any other difference?
Are the number of participants equal for both?
Is delivery confirmation received for both or one? which one?
It is noticed that text , audio , pictures , video and location can be sent in both multi-messaging formats.
But for broadcast messaging there is pre-requisite that for person to receive broadcast message he must add admin in phone address book. So what difference can this pre-requisite indicate between broadcast and group messaging?
The links do mention that 50 participants are maximum for both group and broadcast message in whatsapp. Pl note that this is not a difference.
Harshit J
June 11, 2013 at 5:30 am
The difference between a broadcasted message to multiple people and a group chat message is that in the group chat everyone sees all messages sent within the group. If someone replies to a broadcasted message on the other hand, only you as the original broadcaster will receive that reply.
Source:http://www.businessproductivity.com/whats-whatsapp-and-how-can-i-use-it/
Dr.Sunil Vaswani
June 12, 2013 at 4:02 am
Are there any other differences?
and
Are delivery confirmations in both?
The difference between a broadcasted message to multiple people and a group chat message is that in the group chat everyone sees all messages sent within the group. If someone replies to a broadcasted message on the other hand, only you as the original broadcaster will receive that reply.
Source:http://www.businessproductivity.com/whats-whatsapp-and-how-can-i-use-it/
Thanks!
I understand.
Appending subquestion : Is there any other difference?
Are the number of participants equal for both?
Is delivery confirmation received for both or one? which one?
It is noticed that text , audio , pictures , video and location can be sent in both multi-messaging formats.
But for broadcast messaging there is pre-requisite that for person to receive broadcast message he must add admin in phone address book. So what difference can this pre-requisite indicate between broadcast and group messaging?
How do I broadcast a message?
http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/android/23130793
only contacts who have you added to their contacts will receive your broadcast message
The link of Whatsapp's faqs mentions group but not differences between group and broadcast
Get Better Multi-Platform Multimedia Group Messaging With WhatsApp
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/multiplatform-multimedia-group-messaging-whatsapp/
How do I use group chat?
https://whatsapp.zendesk.com/entries/21073373-How-do-I-use-group-chat-
The maximum number of participants is 50.You can create a maximum of 50 groups and When you create a group, you are automatically added as the admin.
How do I use the Broadcast Message feature?
https://whatsapp.zendesk.com/entries/23741782-How-do-I-use-the-Broadcast-Message-feature-
You can send a Broadcast Message to a maximum of 50 contacts
Thank you
The links do mention that 50 participants are maximum for both group and broadcast message in whatsapp. Pl note that this is not a difference.
The difference between a broadcasted message to multiple people and a group chat message is that in the group chat everyone sees all messages sent within the group. If someone replies to a broadcasted message on the other hand, only you as the original broadcaster will receive that reply.
Source:http://www.businessproductivity.com/whats-whatsapp-and-how-can-i-use-it/
Are there any other differences?
and
Are delivery confirmations in both?