GroupMe - If You Can’t Beat Em, Join Em

[BLINGMW]

Bring back the listserv!

[Senor_Taylor]

Wait, where we discussing group chat vs forum?

GroupChat is for quick discussions and organization. No one is going to post on the forum asking who wants to eat lunch together, or who has tool X and can come help real quick. Groupchat is for regular conversation like when we were cheering on Brandon eating 8lbs of pizza. Sure, the pictures will go on the forum later, but there's no place on the forum for that.

You absolutely CAN NOT get mad at students for not coming to the forum if you aren't willing to try the groupchat. It goes BOTH ways. I see more comrarderie now in MM than I have in my 5 years in the club and it's beautiful. The groupchat plays a large part in that.

That said, if you join, you're joining our AluMMni chat, which is meant to keep us from steamrolling the student conversation.

[Sijray21]

after joining the GroupMe chat, i see where the main differences are. it's essential to mute it so your phone doesn't blow up, but it's more personal. There is definitely a place for the forums for searchable content and topic-based discussion, but as far as i know most of the OT discussions take place in almost all threads, haha.

[G.Irish]

I have GroupMe now, add me to the interweb chatrooms please

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[rherold9]

I have GroupMe now, add me to the interweb chatrooms please

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emailz?

[JustinG]

Same, jgallamore@gmail.com

[rherold9]

Same, jgallamore@gmail.com

Done, you've made a mistake by not having groupme setup.

Edit: and Gerald is added. Very nice.

[ScottyB]

forums for searchable content and topic-based discussion

OT discussions

this has pretty much been my takeaway. want to follow an in-depth conversation? forums. it gets OT but generally pretty easy to find your way around.

want to jump into a random conversation to just shoot the shit or glance over some topics for a bit? groupme is great. i'm getting better at it but its kinda like twitter, keep your thoughts short and don't try to keep up with conversation that you missed.

[BrandonBoww]

Let me start by saying I think slowly but surely students are coming onto the forums and seeing how fun and informative they can be. But, they will always prefer the instant gratification of a constantly updated chat that they are already using for other groups at college. We are currently using GroupMe for the AluMMni and Student chat, so here’s why I’m posting this:

If you want to be in the chat (Which currently includes all recently graduated as well as DJ, Jake, Adam, Brian, David, Joey, Stephen, and Dave) then post on here and I’ll add you to it.

It’s a cool way to keep up with the club, be a part of a conversation with other Alum or current students when you’re bored at work, and a way to stay current for the upcoming workforce known as Millennials, Gen Z or whatever you call us now a days

Gen ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ


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[BLINGMW]

Dave pestered me so I installed this app but deleted it as it seemed to want access to everything, contacts, phone calls, two factor authentication to link to my phone #. Nope.

[Senor_Taylor]

Hmmmm. That's too bad. We'll pretend like you're there.

Dave pestered me so I installed this app but deleted it as it seemed to want access to everything, contacts, phone calls, two factor authentication to link to my phone #. Nope.

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[BLINGMW]

[Senor_Taylor]

Made a post on the Facebook page about adding people to the Alumni group chat. Let me know if you want an invite.

Also, we need some assistance for who is going to own the forum. She's hanging on for dear life right now.

[Cody]

Status update? I don’t use the facebookz but has instants. More so curious which group chat platforms are getting used. Appreciate any updates.


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[Senor_Taylor]

Status update? I don’t use the facebookz but has instants. More so curious which group chat platforms are getting used. Appreciate any updates.


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Shoot me a PM with your phone number. We use GroupMe (which is the de facto group message app for students at JMU) for the alumni and student chat. The exclusive Watch chat is on Slack.