Shoutbox
 

If you look on the forum homepage you will see a mobile phone shoutbox that's been added.

Feel free to use it, but please read the TERMS on it before doing it... it will charge you 50p :cat:

There's some other phone updates soon being added, so watch this space.

Mark

I shouted.

Rawr.

Thanks for the addition Mark.

oo looks good!

I will text in soon!

I already have about £2 topped on my bill for this month from XF voting.. so I will wait a few days so it goes on my next bill and nobody will notice! :bigsmile:

I think it's an extremely pointless addition.

It's also a complete waste of money to text in considering anyone can post any message they like in the forum below - which will appear instantly - for nothing.

Then don't use it :wavey:

edit: Also the shoutbox appears on the new TIBB Homepage, as well as here.

Why the hell would you spend 50p when you can easily talk in here for free :| I have better things to spend my money on cheers lol.

Btw the frontpage needs updating :P. More important me thinks.

Very stupid addition :puzzled:

It's pretty cool how the text gets to the homepage though lol

Because then you aren't as cool as me!


(PS. I am joking LOL, you're way cooler :sad:).

Gah no credit :(

Cool new addition though!

:tongue:

Well I like it!
*texts*

I don't like the idea, I think its pointless wasting money when you can just post instead

I hope TiBB gets some kind of profit out of the shoutbox? If so, good addition! If not... why not? :bigsmile:

Wasted money too! :whistle:

I'm not forcing people to use it!

(not yet anyway :devil:) *cracks whip*

Ahhh it just occured to me.. can you see peoples phone numbers?

Yeah, but they get deleted from as soon as your message appears on the shoutbox. If you click TERMS it says that we don't sell/post your number... only the last 3 digits :lovedup:

Stupid money making scheme - even BBLB and Big Mouth charge no more than 12p a message.

On the plus side though, really like the new Celeb BB theme - which makes a change.

I'd say theres 75% chance I LOSE money from it. Heavy costs to use that number, and the fact networks take a huge chunk for every message. I did originally set it up at 25p, but that meant for every person txting in I lost money.

Like I said before, if you don't like it don't use it. It's only a bit of fun :blush2:

Mark dont worry I will give you money!! ha

If Mark was making money from it then it would probably help to pay towards the running costs of the website.

You tell him! :angel:

i think its a bit of a daft idea espically as i go on some forums and they have the shout box but you dont pay owt

Cashing in are we Mark.?

Hardly a money making scheme when the owner of the forum pays general running costs and added extra costs without asking any of us members to pay a penny.

He's put it on here, it's optional. It's an alternative to ads on the site, which I'm sure people would complain about as well. Not only this, but I'm sure he paid out his(and James') own money to implement it too.

No text speak allowed :nono:

Don't like it personally, looks a bit tacky and it takes up quite a bit at the top along with the other two boxes, the left one I don't even understand it's purpose but meh each to their own I suppose.

Great idea! Myself and the internet elders like it.
Do ds charge a fee for new members?

So is this helping fund the money required to run tibb?If so then I`ll text in,I`d be happy to give 50p the amount of time I`ve spent on here since I joined:laugh2:

DS charge a fee if you have an unreliable e-mail like hotmail etc.

Ta :thumbs:

I think thanks to this thread it's become pity money :hugesmile:

Exactly.

If there's a 75% chance that Mark is going to lose money from it rather than gain it then it would make sense to get rid of it. If you want the shoutbox, then use a regular one which people can post to instantly without a charge.

I know I'd rather spend my money on a Big Brother vote - and they're 15p cheaper too.

Well in that case where is the sense in having it? Surely a standard shoutbox would do the job just as well.

No because a normal shoutbox would be overused, and spammed to death.

I'm quite happy to break even on it all, if it happens then great. And Matt I'm a gambler :devil:

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super cynical revenue raising .$$$$ lol
...it's like stealing kiddies pocket money ... no wait!!! omg you are LITERALLY taking candy from a baby.

Then again if it subsidises my TIBB b*tchfest pleasure by keeping this site running then I thinks that's great.

£1 if you read the t&cs :joker::blush2:

Get outtaaaa my puuuuuuuuuuuub! :hugesmile:

How about you read the T&C :shocked:!

"3. When your message is put onto the shout-box, you will be sent a text message informing you that it is up. This text will cost 50p to receive. This is the only cost from ThisisBigBrother.com that you will receive."