There are several whatsapp groups running in Hong Kong, ask jh78 for details if you like to join.
As members from the groups are recruiting Tesla Model S owners they meet, friends, relatives and so on - the groups are growing towards the WhatsApp limit of 100 members. And lx3h and myself (and a few others) are probably "spamming" the group too much (oops!)
Should we change to a different platform for more users?
Even more users just means even more drowning in various subjects.
The first group was originally set up for some of us on TMC to meet up for the 23 July 14 initial delivery event. The group remained as a mobile group chat forum, and grew. Now around 85 members, growing almost daily.
On my request, a new group was created for "urgent" matters, for those not having time to read all the hundreds of daily messages. This group, although much less active, likewise has the 100-member limit.
There could be more sub-groups for different subjects or divisions like
- Cantonese only
- English only
- Styling/Wrapping/Dechrome etc
- Damage/scraping/curb rash/repairs
- Dash cams, parking cameras and 360 degree viewers
- Traffic jam, laser traps, blocked chargers
Eventually, the growth of the Tesla Model S owner community will force us to make a decision.
One of the temporary options could be to filter out non-active members, either by asking people to quit if they don't read it or simply delete those that never post anything. But only temporary, with growing numbers, even that won't be enough.
Waiting lists to join could be another option.
Other platforms, with either 200, 1000 or more members (might be TOO much chatter then!)
While I am standing on my soap box (once again!) - let me point out a few features to make WhatsApp more useful:
Click the header to see all members. Click any member to message them directly. A lot of chat goes on which should be person to person, and not "bother" the whole group.
On that same list of members, go to the bottom, there is an option to email the entire discussion to email. Probably better to chose the option NOT to include media. This means you get a text file where you can search for historic comments from day one. Note, that any member can see posts even BEFORE they joined - could be useful for newer members.
And so on ...
A piece of history, imagine the bread crumbs we leave behind. This was jh78 setting up the original group, 3 days before the launch event.
The group as of a few minutes ago (3/1-15) had ... 11148 posts (!!!)
As members from the groups are recruiting Tesla Model S owners they meet, friends, relatives and so on - the groups are growing towards the WhatsApp limit of 100 members. And lx3h and myself (and a few others) are probably "spamming" the group too much (oops!)
Should we change to a different platform for more users?
Even more users just means even more drowning in various subjects.
The first group was originally set up for some of us on TMC to meet up for the 23 July 14 initial delivery event. The group remained as a mobile group chat forum, and grew. Now around 85 members, growing almost daily.
On my request, a new group was created for "urgent" matters, for those not having time to read all the hundreds of daily messages. This group, although much less active, likewise has the 100-member limit.
There could be more sub-groups for different subjects or divisions like
- Cantonese only
- English only
- Styling/Wrapping/Dechrome etc
- Damage/scraping/curb rash/repairs
- Dash cams, parking cameras and 360 degree viewers
- Traffic jam, laser traps, blocked chargers
Eventually, the growth of the Tesla Model S owner community will force us to make a decision.
One of the temporary options could be to filter out non-active members, either by asking people to quit if they don't read it or simply delete those that never post anything. But only temporary, with growing numbers, even that won't be enough.
Waiting lists to join could be another option.
Other platforms, with either 200, 1000 or more members (might be TOO much chatter then!)
While I am standing on my soap box (once again!) - let me point out a few features to make WhatsApp more useful:
Click the header to see all members. Click any member to message them directly. A lot of chat goes on which should be person to person, and not "bother" the whole group.
On that same list of members, go to the bottom, there is an option to email the entire discussion to email. Probably better to chose the option NOT to include media. This means you get a text file where you can search for historic comments from day one. Note, that any member can see posts even BEFORE they joined - could be useful for newer members.
And so on ...
A piece of history, imagine the bread crumbs we leave behind. This was jh78 setting up the original group, 3 days before the launch event.
The group as of a few minutes ago (3/1-15) had ... 11148 posts (!!!)
