![]() ![]() ![]() You: New Restaurants in Beijing, Beijing Dads Group, Jobs for International Educators, International Educators in China, FamilyFriendlyEats, Students in Beijing, Beijing Pollution Fighters, Beijing Caffeine Addicts, Beijing Spicy Food Lovers, Kid & Family Events in Beijing and Cheap Eats in BeijingĪll requests to join more than three groups will be ignored, so be choosy. You: I don't care, any of them, I am so desperately lonely and want to add random strangers from your groups Here's some examples of how not to do it. Add me with a message mentioning specifically which groups (up to 3) you would like to join and why in your message. So instead what you need to do is add me, TBJButler (WeChat ID: TBJButler) and request membership.ġ. Period.Īll of these groups already have over 200 members, which means you cannot join by scanning a QR code (them's the rules, we don't make them). No one wants to see the same thing over and over again.ĭon't Send Voice Messages. It's sort of like having Starbuck's posting to your group every day: "Coffee's a-brewing! Why not stop by and have a cup?" When I eventually called Pasta Man on it, he said each day he makes a different shape, so thus the posts were different. One guy who used to frequent our promotion groups would post “fresh pasta today!” every single f-ing day, as if it was news. We've since learned our lesson: spam one of the groups and you'll be excommunicated from them all.ĭon’t Be The Pasta Guy. When she’s called out on it, she replies with a coy “Oh sorry, I won’t do that again!” before doing it again in another group. There’s a WeChat user out there who has joined every group I’ve ever created in and she lurks in there for a while before dumping her completely unrelated spam in the group. Every single post should add value somewhere.ĭon’t Be a Gracie. “Yes I do.” A: “Is that so?”) is not useful. Thus extended back and forth between two users (A: “Really?” B: “Yes” A: “No, you mean it?” B. Remember that in a group of hundreds of people, the vast majority are silent but appreciate the group and don’t wait to wade through idle chatter to find the meat. Lurkers who don’t have anything to say but still find the group worthwhile are welcome, but don’t be one of those people who re-post something that's already been covered ten times over.Ĭonsider the Group Size. Before you start posting what you *think* is relevant to the group, read the rules. Mute the Group: We recommend you mute notifications for any group larger than a dozen or so, otherwise you are going to be inundated with message notifications. We’re here for the community, not for the commodification.īut before we begin, let's go over a few rules of the game: We here at The Beijinger can vouch for the groups below – because we moderate them personally and do our best to keep them spam- and clutter-free.īest of all, rather than weirdo “TubeMedia” accounts asking you to pay to join, our groups are free. Rather than join loosely controlled general interest free-for-all groups that fill your life with distracting messages, you need to navigate to groups based on narrow fields of interest.īy joining niche groups and dumping the broadly defined ones, you’re then freed from the drudgery of wading through hundreds of messages you don’t care about every day. ![]() OK so maybe you don’t really need that many groups, but what you need is well-moderated groups with a specific focus. Who needs more WeChat Groups in your life? Don't answer that - we know you do! ![]()
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