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Contact user via SMS

  • 01-11-2004 2:03pm
    #1
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭


    Lew

    Wouldnt it be a useful feature to have a "SMS this user" feature on boards, via the Contact Info section on the User Profile page ? I wonder how much would it cost to set something like this up. Surely there would be a way of generating funds from it (advertising), and perhaps making it available to boards.ie subscribers only ?


    Mick
    Post edited by Shield on


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  • #2
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    I'd imagine somebody else can fill in the technical details but SMSing costs money and the boards coffers aren't exactly overflowing what with DeVore's gambling debts and ecksor's wild orgies. Could be a nice touch but I don't really want to recieve advertising by SMS. More spam is not something I want in my life.


  • #3
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Advertising at our users by SMS.... JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ. Are you mad? I'd rather chew my own legs off!

    DeV.


  • #4
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    You could probably pay for another new Boards server with the money that would be required to implement this properly.

    Aside from the financial issues, anything that could possible allow someone to easily send free, unsolicited and practically anonymous text messages would only be bad. I I want to recieve text messages form someone I give them my number. If they want to send me free text messages there are other ways to do it.
    DeVore wrote:
    Advertising at our users by SMS.... JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ. Are you mad? I'd rather chew my own legs off!
    The real pain is in having your neck and spinal column surgically altered to make this physically possible. ;)


  • #5
    Tusky
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,080 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    Well could it not be optional ? If you dont want to use the service dont sign up hence no spam ?


  • #6
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Obviously any service like this on any site should be opt-out by default. The costs of setting a service like this aren't linear. It would still cost a metric shed-load even if there were only a few users using it.


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  • #7
    regi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,280 ✭✭✭regi


    This sounds familiar :P


  • #8
    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    The principle issue surrounding the adding of such SMS functionality to Boards (other than any custom development/integration) is cost (and how to get pay/get paid).

    Of the top of my head, there are two realistic options (neither is mutually exclusive):
    1. Sell a subscription of n SMS messages per month to subscribers, accessible via a Web interface. SMS’s could then be sent to people who allow themselves to be SMS’ed (like being PM’ed) or to any standard mobile number.
    2. Allow people to be SMS’ed using a premium rate short-code. A user sends a message from their phone to someone using their nick to identify them and this is forwarded onto that member (assuming they want to allow such messages).
    And not wanting to pimp myself too obviously, but my company could sort out Boards on any of the above ;)


  • #9
    GoneShootin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭GoneShootin


    Evil Phil wrote:
    I don't really want to recieve advertising by SMS. More spam is not something I want in my life.

    I never suggested "advertising by sms", I was thinking non-instrusive advertising.


  • #10
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    The Corinthian wrote:
    And not wanting to pimp myself too obviously, but my company could sort out Boards on any of the above ;)

    Shameless stuff really... ;)

    I suppose you have a quote worked out already?

    :p


  • #11
    therecklessone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,213 ✭✭✭✭therecklessone


    GoneShootin wrote:
    I was thinking non-instrusive advertising.

    Non-intrusive is good, especially for a first date. I'd expect nosebag at the least before we went any further...


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  • #12
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    GoneShootin wrote:
    I never suggested "advertising by sms", I was thinking non-instrusive advertising.

    You're talking about an opt in clause? Perhaps... The commercial boards work after all, sms alerts to bargains or latest items could be an idea. Still though I wouldn't opt in*.
    We have Half-life 2

    * Good idea all the same


  • #13
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,574 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    The Corinthian.

    What if you have something like "boards.ie - Advertising message up to say 25 characters - message for the balance of the 140 or so characters"?


  • #14
    Tiriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Tiriel


    like boltblue.com??


  • #15
    The Corinthian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,777 ✭✭✭✭The Corinthian


    Victor wrote:
    What if you have something like "boards.ie - Advertising message up to say 25 characters - message for the balance of the 140 or so characters"?
    Great idea. I'm sure DeVore and the other Admins will put their team of thirty salesmen onto getting avertising to cover every SMS straight away.

    Meanwhile back on planet Earth...


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