• Beta testing – want to get text alerts when the MS-DEFCON changes?

    Posted on August 27, 2021 at 14:38 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Update at 8:39 am. pacific 8-28 – all slots gone – I’ll let you know when the service opens up after beta testing is over.

    I’m doing a VERY small beta test and asking for 20 of the Askwoody forum folks if they want to sign up for a beta of the AskWoody MS-DEFCON texting service.

    As you know when we declare that it’s all clear to install updates, we change the status on the site and we email you the alerts if you are a plus member.  But several of you have asked for a more direct notification.

    Currently there are two ways to be alerted.  The first is utilizing twitter to get a notice on your phone or twitter page when the site changes status.

    Twitter:  https://twitter.com/defconpatch Sign up for twitter and follow that account. Then set up notifications in the twitter app so that you get alerted when the account tweets a change. They will look like this:

    The second way is currently in beta testing:

    Cell phone notifications via text:  Stay tuned. We are in the process of beta testing a service that will text you when the status changes.  There will be a small fee requested (along the lines of the decide what you want to pay as the main site has) in order to cover the costs of the texting service and server hosting needed to send out the alerts.

    Here’s my request:  I need 20 volunteers/beta testers to test out the sign up process and then test out the alerts when they go out.  The requirement is that you MUST already be an AskWoody Plus member.  If you’d like to participate email me (sb@askwoody.com) an email with the subject line of BETA and I will email you back the instructions and coupon so you can have the service for a year.  Once these twenty slots are filled, I’ll update this post to let you know that they’ve been filled up.

    I’ll then need those of you who sign up to let me know if the process of signing up worked for you and then of course when we change the alerts status on the site if the notification got to you okay.

    For everyone else, I’ll let you know when the site and service goes fully live! Right now I anticipate the end of September for my go-live goal.

    Thank you in advance for your help!

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