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Command
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Description
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MESSAGING
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tell swarm message
An Example
tell myfriends Party at Mary’s tonight – 10pm – bring a bottle
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Send a message to everyone in your swarm and don’t send the replies back to me. (Replies will get posted on the swarm message board).
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ask swarm message
An Example
ask myfriends Does you know the name of latest Rocky movie?
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Send a message to everyone in your swarm and send any replies back to me (the original sender only).
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chat swarm message
An Example
chat myfriends Anyone free to meet later – any ideas on a location
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Start an IM style chat with your swarm.
Send the message to everyone in your swarm and send all replies to everyone in the swarm.
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CREATING, INVITING, JOINING & LEAVING SWARMS
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create swarm number1 number2 etc
An Example
create myfriends +447714712345 +187654321 +35386654321
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Create a new swarm and send invitations to others to join the swarm.
The swarm name must be 12 characters or less and contain only characters and numbers (special characters such as -*&!< are not allowed).
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invite swarm number1 number2 etc
An Example
invite myfriends +447714754321 +35386654123
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Send invitations to others to join an existing swarm.
You must be the owner of the swarm.
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accept
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Accept an invitation you received.
Follow the instructions given in the text message you receive.
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join swarm
An Example
Join thenook
In the UK JOIN can also be texted to 80806
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Join a swarm which is open to subscription. You will initially be given a temporary Username.
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leave swarm
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Cancel your membership of a swarm.
You will no longer receive messages from that swarm.
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INFORMATION COMMANDS
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mydefault
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Request the name of your default swarm.
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default swarm
An Example
default myfamily
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Change the default swarm (as shown in your account settings).
This is the first messageboard you see when you login
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members swarm
An Example
members myfamily
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Request a list of everyone in this swarm.
You must be a valid member of this swarm.
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pending swarm
An Example
members myfamily
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Request a list of all outstanding invitations for this swarm.
You must be the owner of the swarm.
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myswarms
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Request a list of the swarms that you currently own.
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swarms
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Request a list of the swarms that you belong to (but that you do not own).
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help
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Request a full list of mobile handset commands
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