Hi Trevor and Jonah, The WhatsApp "Oxford Road Alert" group doesn't really abuse the system thus messages are limited.
Google for "WhatsApp Ring tone" I put my Whatsapp to an unique ring tone but this is for all messages not for the Alert Group and think one is stuck unlike SMS'es. Frank On 17 October 2014 16:26, Jonah Sack <[email protected]> wrote: > hi Trevor, good point. can someone from the existing groups give us > some pointers on how to set this up so that it works well and doesn't > drive everyone crazy? > > On 10/17/14, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Jonah > > > > Please give feedback how this works and on WhatsApp settings. I > > believe you can set different alert tones for different people. > > Problem is that I am on work related group and 95 % of the stuff is > > irrelevant to me and so I have turned off alerts and then when there > > is a message for me I do not get it instantly - and after all this is > > instant messaging - 50 people on a group could actively discussion > > something could case a phone to sing. So I guess use policies and best > > practices will be found out along the way. And these can be shared for > > others setting up similar groups. > > > > Trev > > > > -- > > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > > ---------------------------------------------- > > 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 > > > > For all emergencies please dial 10111 > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] > > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send > email > > to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. For more options, visit this group > at > > https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/obsnw/JZNODjvdPmQ/unsubscribe. > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > ---------------------------------------------- > 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 > > For all emergencies please dial 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------- > ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > ---------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send > email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send > email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this > group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] WEB: www.obswatch.org.za ---------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Observatory Neighbourhood watch group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
