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Why did you port your number to Twilio? Isn't it a pain for things like group messaging?

xyzzy_plugh 7y ago
Not OP but I think I've participated in a group SMS maybe twice in 10 years and initiated none. I don't feel like I'd be missing out by not having group messaging support.
- nefitty 7y ago
  I use group texts every day so that would be a deal breaker.
  - filleokus 7y ago
    Does group SMS even exist? I know that you can send the same message to multiple recipients, but does it support "revealing" the recipients to each other? Or am I just out of date? I haven't sent a proper SMS in probably 5+ years.
    - javagram 7y ago
      MMS is used for group texting. It's extremely common in the USA since most people in the usa have phone plans that include unlimited MMS and SMS, third-party chat apps like WhatsApp never became ubiquitous here as a result of that basic functionality being available through the phone.
      - filleokus 7y ago
        Aah, MMS, that makes sense. I think most people here use either Messenger or iMessage, the latter being the case in my circle of friends.
- jedberg 7y ago
  The problem is, you have no idea if you're missing out because you aren't getting them. I use Google Voice and my family uses group text to coordinate things like dinner. I only knew about dinner because my wife gets the group texts. GVoice eventually fixed the group text problem, but I don't get all the messages and I get them out of order. I also get other group texts with important info that I wasn't getting before. I have no idea how many other group texts I'm missing out on that I might actually want to be a part of or was missing out on. Everyone assumes that group text works with all recipients all the time, and since it has no way of telling the sender it failed to deliver, no one ever follows up.
  - jeromegv 7y ago
    Depends on geography. In Canada it’s WhatsApp and Messenger groups. Never had a group text. Not saying it’s the same across the country but don’t assume that other are missing on group text, I could get group text and I don’t.
  - nottorp 7y ago
    Yeah, what's a "group text" ? We use Whatsapp or other stuff like that across the pond :)

Not OP but I think I've participated in a group SMS maybe twice in 10 years and initiated none. I don't feel like I'd be missing out by not having group messaging support.

nefitty 7y ago
I use group texts every day so that would be a deal breaker.
- filleokus 7y ago
  Does group SMS even exist? I know that you can send the same message to multiple recipients, but does it support "revealing" the recipients to each other? Or am I just out of date? I haven't sent a proper SMS in probably 5+ years.
  - javagram 7y ago
    MMS is used for group texting. It's extremely common in the USA since most people in the usa have phone plans that include unlimited MMS and SMS, third-party chat apps like WhatsApp never became ubiquitous here as a result of that basic functionality being available through the phone.
    - filleokus 7y ago
      Aah, MMS, that makes sense. I think most people here use either Messenger or iMessage, the latter being the case in my circle of friends.
jedberg 7y ago
The problem is, you have no idea if you're missing out because you aren't getting them. I use Google Voice and my family uses group text to coordinate things like dinner. I only knew about dinner because my wife gets the group texts. GVoice eventually fixed the group text problem, but I don't get all the messages and I get them out of order. I also get other group texts with important info that I wasn't getting before. I have no idea how many other group texts I'm missing out on that I might actually want to be a part of or was missing out on. Everyone assumes that group text works with all recipients all the time, and since it has no way of telling the sender it failed to deliver, no one ever follows up.
- jeromegv 7y ago
  Depends on geography. In Canada it’s WhatsApp and Messenger groups. Never had a group text. Not saying it’s the same across the country but don’t assume that other are missing on group text, I could get group text and I don’t.
- nottorp 7y ago
  Yeah, what's a "group text" ? We use Whatsapp or other stuff like that across the pond :)