How does the new WhatsApp rule affect groups? Understand | Technology

The restriction will apply to all users of the application in the world – 1.5 billion people. But for this, it will download an update that will be received later this Monday, announced the company.

See questions and answers regarding the new rule:

What is the remand limit?

Previously, it was possible to convey a message to 20 recipients, whether it be individuals or groups. With the new metric, the maximum number of recipients becomes 5 at a time.

You can then forward a message to 2 people and 3 groups, for example.

Is it possible to send to 5 recipients, then to 5 others?

Yes. The maximum number of recipients is valid for each routing, but the number of times that a message can be shared is unlimited.

Each group is equivalent to 1 recipient. You can then transfer a message to 5 groups at a time.

Since each WhatsApp group can have up to 256 members, the maximum number of people who can share one message at a time is 1,280.

In the previous rule, the maximum number of people receiving a message was 5,120, the equivalent of 20 complete groups.

Good for any type of message?

Yes, audio and video included. The limit applies to the transfer of incoming messages as well as those created by the user himself.

In WhatsApp, it is only possible to write messages to one recipient at a time, to a group or to a contact. To send the same message you wrote, you must transfer it (or use a mailing list).

Will mailing lists be affected?

Mailing lists will always have 256 contacts. This is a tool provided by WhatsApp so that users can write and send a message to multiple people at the same time.

Only individuals can be included in mailing lists, which means that this tool can not be used to send messages to groups.

To send a message to a contact in a list, it is necessary for the receiver to have someone send it to their contact list, otherwise that person will not receive the message.

You need to download and upgrade WhatsApp.

According to the company, it will be available later this Monday (21), first for Android devices (the majority in the world). Then the update will be available for the Apple iOS system.

Why can some people still send without limit?

Probably because the update has not yet been made available to all users. According to Whatsapp, this will happen later this Monday, in the first place for those who own an Android phone.

Whatsapp Web is it worth it?

No, users around the world will get value for money.

Why did Whatsapp decide to limit the number of users?

The measure was implemented for the first time in India last year.

The country, which, according to the company, is the champion for the transmission of messages, photos and videos by WhatsApp, has even reported deaths by lynching after spreading false accusations through messages.

The incidents had such an impact on the population that the Indian government threatened to sue the application, which belongs to Facebook, believing that spreading false news was also their responsibility.

In a note published Monday, WhatsApp stated that she "had carefully evaluated this test [de limite de encaminhamento] and had listened to user feedback over the six-month period" before deciding to extend restriction to users around the world.

The discussion of corporate responsibility for what is shared in social applications and networks has grown in recent years and some have announced measures to address the problem of the circulation of false information.