There are several differences between communicating using post or messages. Main is that message goes straithly to users and is considered as mail or notification. But Posts are a kind of broadcasting with a longer lifetime.
MESSAGES | POSTS |
•Are sent to players •Email, push or in-app •Player parameters (name, login, stats) •Designed with current Atrivity editor •Permanent information, cannot be changed once submitted. | •Published in the feed and collections, will not be sent •Can be unpublished •Can be designed with the editor or just using an external link (web urls, documents, videos) •May be related to games or global •Dynamic information, it may change in the future if the Post is a URL and it is updated. |
BOTH: •Are visible from the feed •Must be scheduled to be sent or published •May include challenges •Can be tracked from the backend |