Pathfinder III
I use forum notifications (to avoid email spam) and yes it's true that sometimes I miss some notifications.
Other ideas:
- private group on Facebook
- group chat on WhatsApp or similar
US Rocky Mountain OB Colorado Springs Monthly Meetup & Trail Ride
- Thread starter Fortis Overland
- Start date
I use forum notifications (to avoid email spam) and yes it's true that sometimes I miss some notifications.
Other ideas:
RedRunner87
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Enthusiast III
I agree with either one of these. Either a private group/message with people that are active or some kind of chat app. That would be the easiest. A lot of stuff gets lost in the forums.
Hey Everyone! I'd love to be included in this group. I live in the Denver area, but am game to travel.
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Although I’m a millennial I’m completely out of touch with apps. What app would be the preferred method?
Influencer I
Pathfinder III
My personal favourite is Telegram. What I like:
- available for every platform (iOS, Android, Mac, PC, etc)
- free to use and open source
- ability to share video, photos, location, any other file
- we can have a group where we discuss and coordinate
- and also we can have a channel, where only admins can broadcast messages to everyone, like "tomorrow we meet at 9 am at this location"
Pathfinder III
Influencer I
I’m willing to try whatever makes sense. It’s a pain going through every past thread and trying to pull out the names of members that need invites. OB is good at deleting past Rally Points as well, so no copy and paste.
@carlo_donz - can you set up a basic group for us to beta test?
They haven't deleted the rally point from 2 years ago when we camped by Canon City. I think if you friended the group you would have an instant list to go off of and you could start a alert with a conversation where you can add a link to what ever you're planning.?? Most of us are on the site almost daily.
Pathfinder III
I forgot to add polls as a feature as well, useful to decide tentative dates and/or trail. Sure I can set up it.
@everyone: who wants to give this a try, please download the Telegram app on your favourite platform, create a Telegram account and message me at @carlodonzelli (tapping on this link will automatically open a telegram chat with me) so that I can add you to the OB group.
Thank you.
Member III
If you use the search radius invite feature you might be able to get everyone in one go.
Try this for accessing past events:
Events Archive - Overland Bound
www.overlandbound.com
Member III
One problem I have is that as new people visit the forum they are going to miss all the discussion that's going on in the other app. Also, if it's anything like other messaging programs, the large amount of traffic during a big discussion will become a nuisance to some and they'll end up muting or deleting the app. Also, notice the newbies that have showed up in the Colorado thread recently as discussion has picked up there.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not against trying something that could help, I just fear we may only make the situation worse.
Pathfinder III
I would say, let’s give it a go. We will still use the forum to onboard new people etc but we can use the chat as a secondary channel for quick comms and coordination.
Many, including you, have express frustration while using the forum so let’s try something different.
RedRunner87
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Thanks for suggesting this - it was only by chance that I saw this thread continuing. Connected as suggested.
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You guys might want to give this a try if you haven't already:
www.overlandbound.com
Alpha 0.8.48 Build Patch Notes
Welcome to the Overland Bound, OB1 Alpha Test Program. Please keep in mind this is Alpha Software. This means it is incomplete, and may be broken in some cases. This is expected. There some "Known Issues". If you leave a post and it does not get a response it probably means the post goes into...
Member III
You guys might want to give this a try if you haven't already:
Alpha 0.8.48 Build Patch Notes
Welcome to the Overland Bound, OB1 Alpha Test Program. Please keep in mind this is Alpha Software. This means it is incomplete, and may be broken in some cases. This is expected. There some "Known Issues". If you leave a post and it does not get a response it probably means the post goes into...
Some highlights:
New Features:
- New Message Indicators (slide-out menu)
- New Notification indicator (slide out menu)
- Any new item indicator (hamburger menu)
- Special "Pinned Post" formatting.
- Latest Status Updates (slide out menu)
Pathfinder III
You guys might want to give this a try if you haven't already:
Alpha 0.8.48 Build Patch Notes
Welcome to the Overland Bound, OB1 Alpha Test Program. Please keep in mind this is Alpha Software. This means it is incomplete, and may be broken in some cases. This is expected. There some "Known Issues". If you leave a post and it does not get a response it probably means the post goes into...
Some highlights:
New Features:
- New Message Indicators (slide-out menu)
- New Notification indicator (slide out menu)
- Any new item indicator (hamburger menu)
- Special "Pinned Post" formatting.
- Latest Status Updates (slide out menu)
I honestly am not a big fan of the new app app far. I find it hard to read, and not intuitive to use.
Member III
I can't fault it for either of those reasons, but it simply has too many bugs to rely on it at this time.
Pathfinder III
All right guys, I am trying to set up a Rally Point for this weekend but the platform is not working, I keep getting the same error while submitting it.
I missed the last run so I'm proposing to do the same trail you guys did last time, but I'm open to alternatives
Here are the details:
www.overlandbound.com
If you think you are coming, please leave a comment below so that I can keep track of it.
I missed the last run so I'm proposing to do the same trail you guys did last time, but I'm open to alternatives
Here are the details:
US Rocky Mountain - OB Colorado Springs Monthly Meetup & Trail Ride
All right guys, I am trying to set up a Rally Point for this weekend but the platform is not working, I keep getting the same error while submitting it. I missed the last run so I'm proposing to do the same trail you guys did last time, but I'm open to alternatives Here are the details: When...
If you think you are coming, please leave a comment below so that I can keep track of it.
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