Sign Up For Text Alerts!

[Bellthazor]

I got a txt from you. Thanks T

[Tbone]

*Updated how to sign up with SMS*

It should be a quick and easy process now.

[Fuse]

Introduction

Text alerts are used by FA to send out time-sensitive alerts

Please only use these for important updates. I recently got around to signing up, but already they're getting annoying and too close to conversations instead of "time sensitive alerts".

Thanks guys.

[Tbone]

Yes, and you can send texts to INDIVIDUALS. So when I send out a text about a meeting, you can send a message back to JUST ME to tell me if you can't make it or something. You don't have to send that to everyone.

[Da6onet]

Yes, and you can send texts to INDIVIDUALS. So when I send out a text about a meeting, you can send a message back to JUST ME to tell me if you can't make it or something. You don't have to send that to everyone.

Though it is fun to ridicule those that can't make meetings.

[Lithium]

Speaking of TextPlus, does anyone else have it for android? I get private text notifications but I don't get (phone) notifications for the community posts.

[Fuse]

Introduction

Text alerts are used by FA to send out time-sensitive alerts

Please only use these for important updates. I recently got around to signing up, but already they're getting annoying and too close to conversations instead of "time sensitive alerts".

Thanks guys.

Yet again, only use this for important shit.
I tried to send a replay saying "quit texting everyone. Review the texting guidelines on the forums" and apparently it onyl read the first word "quit" and discontinued my service. Which honestly, i don't mind until SWTOR comes out.

[eeth]

wow, we can't have a little bit of excitement and camaraderie for our boys that get into beta?

i understand the sentiment of not wanting regular conversations running on there, but damn.

sorry i shit in your cheerios Fuse.

[Tbone]

Would it help to create more than one community? One for important announcements and one for guild chat? It still wouldn't be just chat-all-day, but you could share and respond to things that didn't need to be deemed "important".

We already have one for the staff

Let me know how many of you would be interested in opting into a more laxed chat-version of the texts.

[Fuse]

wow, we can't have a little bit of excitement and camaraderie for our boys that get into beta?

I understand the sentiment of not wanting regular conversations running on there, but damn.

sorry I shit in your cheerios Fuse.

That's what the forums are for. Read the first post here.
you did not shit near me, nor was I having cheerios. Literally or figuratively.

[Lithium]

The great part is the Android app is a piece of shit and you don't even get the group notifications!

[Paitryn]

I was sleeping and didnt mind that much that the texts were going off (i work night shifts) I got up and checked my email to be disappointed of course. But I was glad for text alerts just the same.

I dont think I would mind if we had an optional group text social system so we could stay active with our members on the go. I have unlimted texts so this feature would be ok with me as it wouldnt cost me anything. plus if our computers are down or are out of touch we can still keep tabs.

[eeth]

Fuse, good to hear! I just figured since Master Adad opened the proverbial social door it was okay to do so for this special occasion. I was genuinely excited that some FA got some real live beta action. Means the rest of us are that much closer right?!

Tbone, about the social channel, I think it's potentially a great idea. Could have some really practical uses in the future too, for example letting someone who's stuck in traffic on the way home from work communicate to his FA buds that he/she's going to be 20 mins late for their flashpoint run they had planned on doing, or whatever.

[Tbone]

Just thought I would bring up once again that our texting system is for important alerts only. The biggest problem we have is people replying to alerts to comment on it.

If you want to comment, you can text the person who sent it directly so that they are the only ones getting a reply. If the website is down, you can use the system to text just Lithium and I. If you want a group to jumpnon TS with you, you can pick them individually and shoot a group text.

I asked before and didn't get much of a response, but do you guys want another group created that could be used for more general chat (something you can turn off if needed while still getting our alerts)?

[Ghisteslwchlohm]

I believe Manic made an Ad Astra only group after today. A general chat one would be fine though.