WhatsApp is an application that has been adding more and more functions with the intention of becoming a more versatile application. However, there are still some features that need to be added, such as being able to do surveys in WhatsApp groups.
Although there is already news that this feature will be added in the future, while you wait for this update to arrive, we will explain how you can do surveys on WhatsApp using the features that are already available. And you won’t need to download third-party apps or anything like that.
How to do a survey on WhatsApp with reactions
Every time you want to make a survey on WhatsApp, first of all, you must define the question of the survey. Then, you must put what the possible answers to that question will be and to each answer you must assign an emoji, or what would be the same, a reaction.
For example, a presentation has been made at your work and you want to ask in the WhatsApp group of your colleagues if they liked today’s presentation or not. For this case, you can do a survey on WhatsApp like this :
- Send a message asking if they liked the presentation. And in the same message, he explains that to indicate that they liked it they should react with the thumbs up emoji and to indicate that they did not like it they should react to the message with the thumbs down emoji.
- As group members lean toward one reaction or another, a counter will appear next to the emojis at the bottom of the message. You will be able to see how every time someone votes or reacts to the message, the number of the counter will automatically increase.
- Finally, once the survey is finished, you will be able to know if the majority of your co-workers liked the presentation or not. To do this, you must select the reaction counter at the bottom of the survey message. In this way you will quickly know which has been the winning option.
I recommend that you always indicate in the same survey message which emojis should be used to vote and the meaning of each one. This will avoid confusion when participating in the survey.
Please note that the thumb emojis are just an example. You can use the combination of emojis that you want, to which you can also give them any meaning. You can put more than two possible answers and you don’t have to limit yourself to only yes and no questions. The possibilities are endless.
How to react to messages on WhatsApp
In case you find yourself in the situation of having to participate in a survey , you must learn to react to messages on WhatsApp.
Reacting to a message in WhatsApp is quite simple, you just have to press and hold the message you want to react to until an emoji menu appears on the screen. Then, you must choose one of the emojis that appears to reflect that you have reacted to the message.
And for the cases in which you have to use some other emoji in the survey , apart from those that appear for quick selection, all you have to do is select the plus (+) symbol that will be found on the far right of the menu. reactions.
Once the option is pressed, you will be able to see all the emojis that are available in WhatsApp. You will only have to search for the one indicated in the survey and select it.
Advantages of using surveys with reactions in WhatsApp groups
These surveys, like any other, will allow you to know what the opinion of the group members is regarding a specific topic.
Perhaps you have come across the situation in which you would like to know the opinion of the members of the group on some topic and you have no other alternative than to have to read message by message. This takes a lot of time and becomes tedious, especially in those groups where there are a large number of people.
Polls with reactions give you the facility to keep an exact record of what group members think about a topic. You can use them to make votes and keep a count of the votes automatically.
You can also use polls to decide where to have dinner, which movie to see at the theater, or when the next meeting will be. And these are just some examples of possible scenarios in which you can use surveys to make group decisions and find out what everyone thinks.
How surveys with WhatsApp reactions work
WhatsApp has a function that allows you to react to the messages that are sent in the chat , and these reactions are what will help you do the surveys.
You can use any emoji within WhatsApp to react. From the thumbs down emoji, to the pizza emoji. Which also allows the surveys you do to have a bit more versatility.
Every time someone reacts to a message, it’s created as some sort of bookmark just below it. There you can see the emoji that has been used to react and a count of how many times the message has been reacted to.
To know who has reacted to a message, you just have to press the reaction counter that appears below. In this way, you will see a panel where you can see, at a glance, each of the people who have reacted and what emoji they have used to react. This is how you will know which option has received the most votes in the polls.
And if you want a better explanation of how to see who has reacted to a message on WhatsApp, I leave you this article where we explain it step by step.
And that’s it, it’s that easy to do surveys on WhatsApp. I hope this article has been helpful to you. And if you want to stay informed about WhatsApp updates, then you should take a look at the new official chat where you can stay informed of all the news of the application.
