With an unmistakable resemblance to Telegram channels, channels are finally making their way into WhatsApp in general, just as Meta has included them in Messenger and Instagram. These are a new way to use WhatsApp to talk to your friends or acquaintances, but to learn the news and/or updates from other individuals or organizations.
This is where channels hit a bit of a hitch at launch: No one can create channels except VIPs such as organizations, sports teams, artists, various celebrities or influencers. Ordinary users who have something to say to the masses will have to wait at least months.
WhatsApp wants to be a news app
WhatsApp channels are here, they are eating the lands of the states at their own expense. Or whatever the tab is, because now its name has changed to: News.
WhatsApp so A kind of RSS reader for the 21st centuryWhere we can follow entities’ broadcasts in chat format. It’s also the equivalent of Twitter, but you can’t respond beyond a handful of reactions.
When there is new content on one of the channels we follow, the News tab will be highlighted and we can even be notified of this. Continuing the analogies, this is the closest thing to advertising that WhatsApp has, but You are the one who registers and goes to the channel to receive messages. for example from Pinturas Manuel’s WhatsApp channel.
So now we can use WhatsApp to communicate with our friends and family (in individual chats or groups), in communities (communities) to which we belong, or to keep up with what’s going on. issues that concern usin read-only mode, channels.
But it’s not for everyone. At least for now
But, channels are not for everyone At first, no matter how hard you try, you cannot find a way to create a channel even though the option is available inside WhatsApp.
The + button on the Channels tab does not create a channel as you might think, but instead opens the channel directory. More even if you force to create a channel related activities and channels are not created with root.
WhatsApp gives an error when we try to force create a channel
WhatsApp says the channels will improve in future updates and says: Anyone will be able to create a channel in the coming months. So it will be at least months before channels will continue to be exclusive to a handful of organizations.
While it’s understandable that WhatsApp makes things easier, launch is a bit decaffeinated For small organizations or up-and-coming personalities that are not yet large enough to allow WhatsApp to create a channel.
One of the reasons why WhatsApp has gotten to this point is that the app allows anyone to talk to another person knowing only their phone number (for better or worse), but opts for a more cautious strategy on Meta channels. ordinary users We can only post six emojis to things others post, no more. Now.
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