AvA alert system ideas

[dedalos]

a LinkedIn group that can be used to email people?  Skype or google messaging probably the best options though

[captain1ma]

good idea, id be more inclined to use google then skype.

[Dawger]

I'll try Google Talk if someone is willing...........

my google talk email is dawgeraceshigh@gmail.com if someone wants to dive in and give this a shot. If you already have a gmail account google talk is easy to download and get going.

[Larry]

We could always make a facebook group and then subscribe to it via SMS. This way when you're logging on just go to FB and say you're getting on. Anyone else subscribed with SMS will get a text message on their cell phone letting them know what you just posted. At least that's how it works with individual people IDK if it works the same with groups.

[Dichotomy]

ummm I just killed both of my Facebook accounts. 

[CAP1]

i still avoid facebook like the plague. i was gonna set up an account on a laptop i have with nothing important on it.....but i've been too lazy. 

[Dichotomy]

trust me... don't bother. That's the internet version of masochism. 

[Larry]

You really don't have anything to worry about when it comes to FB. A little bit of common sense goes a long way with preventing getting hacked. I never accept any friend requests from people I don't know and I don't click on any links someone I don't know sends me in a message. Its just like someone sending you a "Bank of Nigeria" email. Don't be stupid and you have nothing to worry about. While I do have my address and cell number on my FB page I set it up so only friends can see it, and even then its not like those things are hard to find. Just pick up a phone book and there I am.

[CAP1]

You really don't have anything to worry about when it comes to FB. A little bit of common sense goes a long way with preventing getting hacked. I never accept any friend requests from people I don't know and I don't click on any links someone I don't know sends me in a message. Its just like someone sending you a "Bank of Nigeria" email. Don't be stupid and you have nothing to worry about. While I do have my address and cell number on my FB page I set it up so only friends can see it, and even then its not like those things are hard to find. Just pick up a phone book and there I am.

wait??

those bank of nigeria mails were fake??????????

[Larry]

Yes they were but if you send me your info Ill be more then happy to make sure all your money is safe. 

[captain1ma]

wait??

those bank of nigeria mails were fake??????????

i have one that is a sovereign bank check. i went to the bank and asked them if they would cash it and they said yes, i then informed the manager that it was fake and they verified it! it was pretty interesting.

[CAP1]

isn't there a way to get permissions to announce from the arena when there's people in there?

kind of like they do for sea's?

if so, then when one or two go in, pop the announcement out to the other arenas, and see what happens?

[captain1ma]

i do that almost every time im in there. its a system message. the admins have the rights to do them. i almost always announce that there are people in the AVA!