What is Watwet?
Watwet is a micro-blogging and social messaging tool to broadcast and share your statuses, whereabouts, news, rants and ramblings with your friends, family and colleagues. With Watwet you can follow the news of people and what they have been up to.
How does it work?
The way it works is really easy. Once you have signed up, you can start posting messages that we call: watwets. Your watwets will reach your followers (people who are following you on watwet).
- Post your messages by SMS: This allows you to use Watwet from anywhere and at anytime. You can be stuck in traffic jam, but still rant about it by posting by SMS. All this at no extra charge. You just pay your normal mobile operator charges for SMS.
- Receive watwets on your mobile by SMS: You can also receive watwets from the people you are following on your mobile by SMS!
- The 140 characters rule: Having to express yourself in 140 characters is so much fun. This makes Watwet instant and spontanous, and more importantly, something that everyone of us is naturally born capable to do!
What is the difference between a "watwet" and a "washwish"?
Watwets are messages that all your followers will receive and will appear in the public timeline. Washwishes are direct messages that you send to specific person on Watwet.
Watwet in Arabic (especially in the Levant region of the Middle East) means to talk fast and spontaneously. Washwish means to whisper in Arabic.
Do I pay anything to post or receive watwets and washwishes by SMS?
No. We do not charge you anything for posting or receiving watwets and washwishes by SMS.
Are my watwets visible to anybody on the internet?
Yes. By default your watwets are visible to anybody on the internet. Most people like to share their watwets with the world, as they treat their watwet pages as a mini-blog in which they stream their life. Of course, washwishes are always NOT visible to others. Only you can view washwishes that were sent to you.
You can make your watwets visible ONLY to your followers and not appear on the public timeline. You can do that by going to the privacy settings http://watwet.com/settings/privacy.
Is there a mobile version of Watwet to access from my mobile browser?
Yes. http://m.watwet.com is the lightweight version of Watwet designed for mobile browsers. It has most of the functions of the standard version of Watwet. Using the mobile version of Watwet from your mobile phone browser can significantly decrease GPRS and data transfer charges by your operator. It is also loads faster.
How can I use Watwet to update my Facebook status by SMS?
First, you need to add the Watwet application. Go to http://apps.facebook.com/watwets. After you have added Watwet Facebook application, you can start sending watwets that also update your Facebook status. When posting a watwet from web, make sure that the checkbox to update your Facebook status is selected. If you are sending your watwet by SMS, make sure it is preceeded by #fb followed by your watwet.
For more information, please refer to the Watwet and Facebook help section.
How do I post and receive watwets and washwishes by SMS?
The first thing you need to do is to add your mobile phone. Go to My Settings and then select the Mobile tab http://watwet.com/mobile_settings. After you have added your mobile, you need to verify ownership of that mobile by sending an SMS back to Watwet (takes 45 seconds!). Now you are ready to go.
To send a watwet, just send it by SMS to Watwet. To washwish a friend, just add #username before the content of the SMS message. For example, #fadi83 are you coming to the party?. For more information about using watwet by SMS, check Using Watwet from Mobile section. http://watwet.com/help/mobile