Tool to send a WhatsApp message to a list of people
Bruno DRUENNE
The WhatsApp button linked to the phone number is very practical! With the link like https://wa.me/33612345678
Based on this, here is an idea that is a bit crazy, and probably too complicated to use, but I propose it anyway.
→ The idea would be a tool similar to sending emails to several people (and/or to their household manager when the option is checked), but which would send WhatsApp messages.
• Problem: mass mailing is not possible without external service (and this may cause legal problems).
• Proposal: a semi-automatic system, in series.
• Why? To quickly send personal messages to multiple people (including their household manager) without having to search for them one by one in the WhatsApp directory, and even without having to add them to personal contacts.
How? For example:
1. We write the message. _If possible with keywords as in the registration forms (invitation to register): --FIRST NAME--, --FIRST NAME--, --LINK-- (if data security allows it via WhatsApp), etc._ For example: “Hello --FIRST NAME--, Here is the long-awaited news”
2. When you click on Send (or other button name), it starts a procedure where you open a link structured in this way one after the other:
(Presented for example in a table with the name of the recipient, the message, and the Whatsapp button that changes appearance when clicked).
3. Each link opens WhatsApp (via the browser in some cases, such as on a PC), going immediately into the conversation with the recipient, and pre-filling the message: all that remains is to click on Send in Whatsapp, then to come back to Enoria to go to the next one, and so on.
That's it... Maybe complicated to use, still too manual... Not possible to attach media...
But it could be very practical, as WhatsApp is widely used in direct communication in parishes.
Love to the whole team!
Christophe FAGEDET
Just because Whatsapp is used doesn't mean we should encourage it...
Should we encourage sin because it is widespread?
It is very bad at all levels, especially for the safety of young people from harassment.
It would be better to look into the possibility of integrated chat for ENORIA groups with moderation by group manager (s)
Damien PAULIN
we should already start homogenizing the variables: https://roadmap.enoria.app/developpements-demandes/p/variables-des-modeles-de-mails-de-formulaire
Hubert SALLÉ
Be careful not to lock yourself up with tools from countries with different legislation regarding personal data.