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Kristof

10:27 AM on 20 April, 2009

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This sounds brilliant; signed up for the horoscope one (PSYCHIC2U) and was hilarious! I think the football scores one (SCORES2U) will also prove useful.

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pryonic

10:34 AM on 20 April, 2009

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"and none between 6pm and midnight."

I think I'd prefer it if I got no texts between midnight and 6am in case I left my phone on. Was this a typo or am I missing the point?

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MerseyInternet

10:56 AM on 20 April, 2009

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I don't think a wide ranging one like SCORES2U will work as it will cost too much due to the high number of texts. So I have set up SPURS2U which sadly is likely to be low traffic due to our lack of Champions League status but will hopefully be more popular for that very reason. :)

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Geoff Richards

11:07 AM on 20 April, 2009

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Yep, it was a typo. Bit like London Underground, AQA2U runs from 6am til midnight, with nothing overnight. They recommend publishing between 8am and 10pm, which makes a lot of sense too.

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Tim9

12:22 PM on 20 April, 2009

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Don't neglect Scottish football! (There's a joke in there somewhere...) Celtic's SPL title run-in should generate a fair bit of interest, so I've signed up to maintain CELTIC2U to pass on the weekly results as they come in. Come on the Hoops!

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haim

12:53 PM on 20 April, 2009

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Hmmm if I set up a 'WHATTHEGRANDKIDSAREUPTO' service then I could start tapping into the in inheritance now!

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darkspark88

5:09 PM on 20 April, 2009

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There was an interesting comment I read on BBC News about how and why twitter is so predominant in the media despite it not being as good a platform as Facebook. Due to the open nature of tweets, information is freely conveyed and easily collected by journalists. It's easy to gather a large sample of public opinion which in turn can be monetized by Twitter. Whereas facebook tighter privacy settings make it less attractive to marketers/advertisers/journalists.

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BeUnique

7:28 PM on 20 April, 2009

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Hopefully it will work alongside Twitter as another way of getting information out. I have signed up with VINTAGE2U and a family member has got MANUTD2U & VILLA2U. One household for the two football ones but with their own footie interests! Wonder if anyone has done Accrington Stanley yet?

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Gordon394

12:30 AM on 21 April, 2009

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@Be Unique - to be fair, an Accrington Stanley service could be potentially more profitable. Results for the major teams are so easily checked these days a MANUTD2U (I'd have gone with 'MANU2U') may not be necessary. On the other hand, Accrington results are much harder to fin. There's also a hardcore niche audience (even notice the number of lower league team banners you see at England matches?) while you're unlikely to have rivals offering the same service...

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BeUnique

10:01 AM on 21 April, 2009

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@ Gordon - Fair points there Gordon re Acrrington Stanley, although the potential to reach a Worldwide audience is greater for the larger clubs. At least, I think this will still work from overseas as the AQA service does. Daughter was delayed at an airport in Greece and needed to know the last train when she landed in the UK. She got the answer direct from the UK, so it could have more of an appeal to the wider audience. MANU2U was already taken (run by AQA) so the Man Utd passionate member went for the next obvious.

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MerseyInternet

5:01 PM on 21 April, 2009

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There doesn't seem to be much interest in terms of people subscribing to any of them does there. The top one has been stuck at 15 since the start. Also its probably not the best time to launch football related 2Us with the season about to end. Pity AQA doesn't list all the 2Us in a directory form that you could browse.

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Gordon394

4:07 PM on 27 April, 2009

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@ Mersey - I believe that's coming

@Be Unique - that's my point, you're already competing with an official AQA service by targeting Man U.

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