Social Group Chat

Dec 29, 2013 11:19:06 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

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To allow players to get to know each other better, even if they don't regularly play in the same games, I'm going to try a weekend WhatsApp group chat for anyone who is interested in chatting about the football on TV or other sporting action each weekend.

I will put up a thread on the "OPSAGE" board each Wednesday for players to sign up for that weekend.

I will start in the new year.

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Jan 15, 2014 7:08:22 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

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... will put up a thread for 18/19 January 2014.

It may take a while to get going.

Sign up below.

Mar 1, 2014 9:19:55 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

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I still haven't gotten round to promoting the Weekend WhatsApp Group chat, and it still hasn't gotten going.  For now, I will remove the date from the thread on the OPSAGE board, and just add a weekly reminder on that thread.

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Done.

This post serves as the reminder for next weekend.

I've been too busy for this, and after the problems I had with WhatsApp between 8 and 12 March 2014, I'm looking at Viber. From the Chat board:

Mar 16, 2014 21:05:25 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

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..., I tried using Viber. I sent out the following message to those who showed up as having Viber installed:

I have been having problems with WhatsApp on the number I use for the football. Therefore, for now, I am only contactable on my personal mobile number, xxxx1752. Wherever possible, I am using Viber in place of broadcasts. I will continue to use WhatsApp for group chats.
See - giffas.proboards.com/post/38315/thread

Even amongst those who had Viber installed, a large proportion hadn't updated it.

Viber doesn't have broadcasts the way WhatsApp does, but it's group chat appears more flexible. ....

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Mar 12, 2014 9:16:03 GMT 8 Rajiv said:

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.... I need a service that allows me to message player's mobile phones directly without a user name or the cost of SMSes. I only know of WhatsApp and Viber. ....

Viber may not be widespread enough for important things like asking around to fill places or for each game's post-poll group chat, but I may use it for more social group chats, like the one considered in this thread. And if by doing so, more players install Viber, at some stage, I may replace WhatsApp with Viber as my primary SMS alternative and mobile group chat platform.

In the meantime, I have changed the name of this thread from "Weekend WhatsApp Group Chat" to "Social Group Chat".