Like the other posters have already said, it wasn't immediately apparent to me what service is actually being offered. The 'tip' which is buried on the how it

Like the other posters have already said, it wasn't immediately apparent to me what service is actually being offered. The 'tip' which is buried on the how it works page definitely needs to be prominently shown as it does (somewhat) help to explain the service. But that still doesn't tell me what happens when someone texts my user ID to x@txtms.com. (And they're probably doing this in response to me telling them to 'text kiwidrew to x@txtms.com for my contact details'.) Questions that immediately come to mind: Do they get a text message in response which has my details? Do they have to sign up to txtms.com first? Will this somehow automatically add my number to their phonebook? Is it actually any faster to give them my user ID and the x@txtms.com address? Why not just give them my phone number and email address, which is probably about the same length and easier to remember? After examining the Help page in detail, it sounds as though the person sending a message to x@txtms.com (to get my details) won't get a response until I log in to the txtms.com website and approve their request. But if I'm out and about (away from web access) and tell someone to text x@txtms.com for my details, _nothing happens_ for several hours -- and if something went wrong (like the text being sent to the wrong address), neither of us will know until it's too late to do anything about it!