Do you know who is receiving your text messages?

Man-reading-mobile-phone-1Early this morning, I received a text from a client wishing me a happy Mother's Day. Yes, that's odd from a number of perspectives, but this is a quirky client and I appreciated the thought.

Before I could respond, I heard another text come in. It was a reply to my client's text from someone I don't know. Then my client replied to that.

Apparently my client sent his Mother's Day message to 10 people — and when one of the others replied, it went to everyone else on the original list. And while the exchanges weren't embarrassing, it was obvious the people involved didn't realize their texts were being broadcast to a larger group.

The lesson:

Be sure you know who is receiving your messages, especially if you are replying to an incoming text the sender may have sent to multiple people. Not sure? Then don't “reply,” start a new thread.

Do you have a valuable text messaging lesson? Please share it!

 

 

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