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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/whatsapp-community-governance/index.md b/content/posts/2026/whatsapp-community-governance/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d979f82 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/whatsapp-community-governance/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +--- +title: "WhatsApp community governance" +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:48.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:48.000Z +draft: false +excerpt: "WhatsApp communities were the foundation of everything we built in Mexico City. At peak, we managed a 1,800-person announcement group, an 800-person engagement chat, topic-specific subgroups, and a tiered distribution … Read more" +categories: + - Guides +tags: + - community + - format-guide + - tone-instructional + - whatsapp +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/whatsapp-community-governance/cover.png + alt: "Smartphone with messaging notifications glowing in darkness" +legacy_wp_id: 16007 +--- +WhatsApp communities were the foundation of everything we built in Mexico City. At peak, we managed a 1,800-person announcement group, an 800-person engagement chat, topic-specific subgroups, and a tiered distribution system that turned flyer sharing into a recruitment pipeline. Here is how we governed it without losing control. + +## The group splitting strategy + +A single WhatsApp group becomes noise at 500 members. The signal-to-noise ratio collapses, engagement drops, and the group devolves into memes and off-topic posts. The solution: split by topic at the 500-member threshold. +Diff truncated (70 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
