marathonsteve Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Is there just one single twitter account I need to look at or do you need several to know when theses sets are on, which I am not keen to do because of charging my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshuwarr Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Only one I know of is Secret Glasto: https://twitter.com/secretglasto You can set alerts for whenever it tweets and maybe even text alerts too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, Joshuwarr said: Only one I know of is Secret Glasto: https://twitter.com/secretglasto You can set alerts for whenever it tweets and maybe even text alerts too I still get text alerts through from Zapier every time that account tweets, having set it up years ago - I don't use Twitter beyond that, and have no interest in installing a dedicated app. I assume it's still possible to do so, and wouldn't be surprised if instructions posted here in the past still broadly work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marathonsteve Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 11 minutes ago, Joshuwarr said: Only one I know of is Secret Glasto: https://twitter.com/secretglasto You can set alerts for whenever it tweets and maybe even text alerts too Cheers that’s exactly what I was looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 31 minutes ago, incident said: I still get text alerts through from Zapier every time that account tweets, having set it up years ago - I don't use Twitter beyond that, and have no interest in installing a dedicated app. I assume it's still possible to do so, and wouldn't be surprised if instructions posted here in the past still broadly work. We really wish people would move off SMS, tweets need to be so short for you lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr flow Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said: We really wish people would move off SMS, tweets need to be so short for you lot! THIS! Having to send the crows nest line up over two tweets is a right pain! Edited April 12, 2022 by mr flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 And lack images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: We really wish people would move off SMS, tweets need to be so short for you lot! But Twitter is fucking awful (and SMS is more reliable if data is struggling). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marathonsteve Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 So are we saying that we shouldn’t rely on twitter then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, marathonsteve said: So are we saying that we shouldn’t rely on twitter then. No, it means you can set up Secretglasto to text you whenever it tweets and we* still take great pains to ensure that it gives a good experience for SMS during the festival(no reliance on images, usually fits in one text message) But it would make life much easier if everyone just used the Twitter app. To be clear, the Twitter experience is a superset of SMS alerts. It's usually faster, can cope with images/videos and longer messages. To be fair, I've been on EE for years, so don't know if other networks have problems, but for me relying on text messages is in every way worse. *95% @mr flow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marathonsteve Posted April 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Brill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 25 minutes ago, incident said: But Twitter is fucking awful (and SMS is more reliable if data is struggling). Doesn't SMS struggle more than 4G? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 9 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: No, it means you can set up Secretglasto to text you whenever it tweets and we* still take great pains to ensure that it gives a good experience for SMS during the festival(no reliance on images, usually fits in one text message) But it would make life much easier if everyone just used the Twitter app. To be clear, the Twitter experience is a superset of SMS alerts. It's usually faster, can cope with images/videos and longer messages. To be fair, I've been on EE for years, so don't know if other networks have problems, but for me relying on text messages is in every way worse. *95% @mr flow Its beneficial to have wifi off for battery life - i think texts are still quite helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said: Doesn't SMS struggle more than 4G? Not in my experience - SMS should work regardless of what type of signal is available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wonderwhy Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 Might be worth checking out if there's scope/interest for a Whatsapp broadcast list or Telegram channel or something? Think there might be limits on how many people can be in one but would get round the length/image issues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am00 Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said: Might be worth checking out if there's scope/interest for a Whatsapp broadcast list or Telegram channel or something? Think there might be limits on how many people can be in one but would get round the length/image issues Interested! BUT a WhatsApp wouldnt work. There would be hundreds of people posting rubbish, making up rumours, messaging their lost friends in the wrong group 🤣 Edited April 12, 2022 by am00 I thought about it some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfa Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said: Might be worth checking out if there's scope/interest for a Whatsapp broadcast list or Telegram channel or something? Think there might be limits on how many people can be in one but would get round the length/image issues Surely this makes the account less public and therefore way less accessible. Twitter is public facing, a whatsapp group or telegram not so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartbert two hats Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 11 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said: Might be worth checking out if there's scope/interest for a Whatsapp broadcast list or Telegram channel or something? Think there might be limits on how many people can be in one but would get round the length/image issues Twitter limits are fine though. It's just SMS that's a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, the wonderwhy said: Might be worth checking out if there's scope/interest for a Whatsapp broadcast list or Telegram channel or something? Think there might be limits on how many people can be in one but would get round the length/image issues The main potential reasons for using SMS over Twitter are if someone is taking a non-smartphone to the festival, or if they don't trust their data connectivity at the festival - in my case the latter - unfortunately in those respects WhatsApp and/or Telegram wouldn't be any different to Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danssol Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 I only take a dumb phone into the festival because I like to have a few days off. Anyway turned on the zapier thing. Good tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyrulion Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, am00 said: Interested! BUT a WhatsApp wouldnt work. There would be hundreds of people posting rubbish, making up rumours, messaging their lost friends in the wrong group 🤣 You can set it up so only the admin posts can be seen. To answer the first post, the secret glasto account is shared amongst some users on here who reliably find out/get told the secret sets. So you can be sure the information is accurate, there might be others but I'm not sure how reliable they might be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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