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Re:The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends by telotortium on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:52PM (#36297907)
For Wechat specifically, I think that the group size limit of 500 may be related to Chinese law. They want group sizes to remain somewhat small to prevent news from spreading too quickly.
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Re:The “smolnet”, build for friends and friends of friends by sdm on Monday June 12, 2023 @08:44PM (#36303555)
Correct, because over that size a number of censorship and monitoring requirements come into play. A lot of WeChat's early success was focused around keeping things more private. The 500 limit is part of that.
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