There are many types of social networks out there, more or less successful, but all are based on a simple concept: people posting content . And if we go to something more basic still, this content is pure and simple text . Twitter and its huge community of users are the proof.
A little over a week we saw how to send these messages using network-based services operators to put in check, and examine some of the alternatives most commonly used. And if we expand the concept a bit and see what we can use if we want to send messages to a person but a group of people ? This is what is usually done in social networks, though more complex. It has been shown that the main application is to communicate with a group of people at the same time, and for that we take a look at several possibilities that give us several free services and social networks themselves .
Lists of Twitter: maximum simplicity, minimum privacy
If you use Twitter often a good way to communicate with a particular group of people is creating a list with everyone in that group. Thus we can see a timeline of the service restricted to only those contacts with which we can talk more comfortably on the basis of 140-character messages.It seems incredible, but Twitter has proven to be very efficient in that regard. In addition, the vast majority of applications are compatible with the lists.
The drawback here is that although we believe a private list, all messages sent will be completely public (at least all the people who follow us.) Consequently, this alternative is ruled out if you have to say is something of a private nature.
Groups of people on Facebook
The solution to the problem of non-privacy of the lists of Twitter can be, for example, Facebook .In the world’s largest social network can create private groups of people, in which we can write messages that will only see the members of that group. In these messages can be text, images, links … we are talking about private messages that can have any type of content .
Seems ideal, but there is a slight drawback: you must be registered on Facebook . And even though few, there are internet users who do not have an account and have no intention of doing so for whatever reason (including the danger of the privacy of your data to the power that is building the network).
Messages in group WhatsApp
WhatsApp is one of the best alternatives: the only drawback is that it requires that all members of the group have a smartphone capable of running that application, but through it we can create a contact group and send instant messages with notification to all contacts. Ideal, for example, to quickly arrange dinners and meetings of all. Moreover, with the same application can send free messages to other contacts separately.
Applications devoted to group messages: Beluga, Kik
We left the most innovative for last: applications that have been specifically created to send messages to groups of people. In Spain we have not heard much about them, but in the United States is considered a sector to devote considerable attention from now.
Two examples of these applications can be Beluga or Kik , we offer a simple way to create groups and share any information with them. Beluga has been acquired by Facebook , but currently there is no consequence of that operation (although there will be). Requires us to install these applications to all our mobile and we are with the same problem we have with WhatsApp, but represent very good solutions to communicate with our group of friends.
Then we also have more traditional solutions: post to multiple recipients, a group of emails as Google Groups, create a chat room services as TinyChat , using a service similar to Google deceased Wave … but are rather temporary solutions to save us from a sudden. If you want something more permanent or even easier, any of the options we’ve discussed here today have more advantages.