TXTLJ Notifications

[marta]

Back in December of 2006, we introduced TXTLJ, a feature which lets you interact with LiveJournal from your mobile phone. We'd like to know your thoughts on using this feature for notifications. If you haven't tried it before, here's how it works:

When you click the

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[jiggery_pokery]

I'm all in favour of LJ of trying interesting new things, knowing that 90% of them are not going to be of interest to me, and I don't even object to LJ trying to find more revenue streams, but...

...if I wanted Twitter, I'd use it.

[reggiesgirl2]

Yeah, I'm not in the US either. Canada here.

[thevelvetsun]

Offering such a low amount of notifications is what stops me from using it.

If I check the option to send notifications to my phone and then I leave the house for the day, I could get like 20 texts during the course of the day when I can't get to a computer to turn off the texts. And then I'd get charged because I only get 10 per month. So I just don't use it at all cause I'm afraid of going over.

[thevelvetsun]

I should add, I love being able to make txtlj posts, because I have a texting plan with my phone so it doesn't cost extra. But since LJ charges me for going over 10 notifications per month, I can't use that feature.

[marta]

If you use it and run out of the free notifications, you have to actually purchase an additional package to get more - so you can't get automatically charged if you go over.

[shalanar]

I use it for posting, but for notifications, no. 15 isn't enough, and I'm not going to shell out money for more...

[magicalobizuth]

My phone has web and email capabilities, so I don't need to be notified via text.