WhatsApp group Admin - Admin is not Almighty.

Roles of group admin in a WhatsApp group

1. You're the life of the group.

Since you've created the group, you're the most important person in it.

2. You take the sole responsibility of resolving disputes within the group.

When people fight on the group, you're the first one to tell them to chill.

3. You’re sick of the mean Whatsapp admin jokes.

You just don't react to the mean WhatsApp admin jokes anymore.

4. You take the pain of adding new members to the group.

You gather contact numbers and add them to the list. That's some great work there.

5. You add people without their will to join the group, but can do nothing about.

You know that people don't like being added to the group, but you have to do it because it's an easy way to contact them.

6. You never let people escape the group. If they try to, you add them back.

There is no escape from the group. EVER.

7. You break peoples’ hearts by removing them from the group.

If someone annoys you, you use your 'admin' power and remove them from the group.

8. You feel bad when someone leaves the group.

At first, you're shocked. And then you feel sad for leaving the group.

9. You choose your admins wisely.

When it comes to nominating admins, you choose them wisely.

10. Sometimes you seriously feel like muting your own group.

You wake up to 450 messages in the group! People talk so much. Like SO MUCH!

11. You don’t like it when people change the group name or the group pic.

You hate it when people mess with your group.

12. General Roles:

Only the admin has the right to add or remove the members from the WhatsApp group.

If a person creates a group then he/she became the admin of that group by default then the admin can promote any other member to be the admin of the same group. 

To my knowledge, there is no restrictions on the number of admins for a particular group.

If the person who created the group left the group for some reason and without promoting any other person for admin then the first person added into the group will become the admin.

Admin can give the admin rights to any other member of the group but at the same time a admin cannot remove admin rights from other admin of the same group.

With the latest WhatsApp version, admin can create a group invite link and share to people, so that they can join the group just by clicking the invitation link. This feature is very useful for admins as it is hard for the them to add people one by one.

Other roles like Group Name. Group Picture can be edited by anyone in the group and also admin has no right to block a person from entering a specific group.

As an admin of many debate & discussion groups, and pages i would say that key responsibilities should be to not let people bully others, no personal insults.

Attack the idea but not the person ever, set a certain list of subjects that are allowed to talk about, and hold people to them or kick them out.

Don’t stress yourself. Just add the wanted and good people.

Maintain the discipline and dignity in group.

Key responsibilities! That’s all.

13. Can admin delete the post sent by a group member?.

It’s Never possible to delete the others posts in WhatsApp. If you want to clear your chat then follow this,

Open WhatsApp and the chat you want to clear.

Tap More > info for individual chat or group info for a group chat.

Tap More > clear chat.Select whether you want to delete all messages or delete all except starred.

An admin cannot delete WhatsApp group post unless the post is distributed by himself. If the admin use original WhatsApp application, then he/she has 7 minutes to delete his/her own post in any chat including group. But if the admin use some modded WhatsApp application, then also he can delete only his own post, but beyond 7 minutes also.

14. If the group admin of a group on WhatsApp leaves the group, then who becomes the admin of the group.

This is normally the question asked by all.

It's simply an arbitrary determination. To keep away from this issue, WhatsApp has presented another element called Multiple gathering administrator or Co-administrator.

A gathering administrator can make different members of the gathering as administrators thus the intensity of administrator will be given to numerous members of the gathering.

What I have come across is that there is no certain criteria as to who becomes the admin when the actual admin leaves the group.

Most of the time it might be on the basis of with whom the actual admin talked with. Or it can be on the basis of alphabetical order.

In my case, when I left the group, the person whose name was above me or lower me in the Group contacts info, became the admins of the Group.

I would suggest, be good with admin and ask him to make you an admin. That is the best way to become the admin.

15. Is group admin responsible for offensive posters floated in the group by a group member?

Yes. They are.

While forming the groups, it is their responsibility to make few relevant rules and kick out people who break these rules. If the group admins let the members to share offensive content and keep mum, then it means they encourage such posts to be shared by other members of the group as well.

16. What are the benefits for being an group admin?
Now let us understand why it is important to have this authority. WhatsApp is the Numero Uno messaging app in India and in addition to its valid uses, it is also the tool of choice for some activities that violate the laws of the land - for example, for spreading rumours. An attack by one community on a member of another community. Collecting a crowd for a session of stone throwing. It is almost always WhatApp groups that are put to use.

Perhaps it is one of those rumours again, but there is talk that as per clauses of the Indian Penal Code, the group admin can be held responsible for activities within the group. There was a report in the newspaper “The Hindu” that group admins needed to be careful since they would be held responsible for the postings in the group. Indian newspapers are not known for their accuracy in reporting, so I am not sure whether the stated legal position is accurate or not. A similar story appeared in India Today. 

The fact remains that there is not sufficient clarity about the subject and until that gets settled, it is better to stay safe and avoid being group admin of any chat group whose members are not personally known to you and who you can vouch for.