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We Are The Riot Picked Up By Texas Indie Fest
Texas Independence Festival has announced the addition of We Are The Riot to its lineup. We Are The Riot consists of Coal Chamber members Meegs Rascon and Mikal Cox. The group joins Behemoth, Goatwhore, 1349, Inquisition, Black Crown Initiate, Wayne Static of Static-X, Abigail Williams and many more.
Past events featured Down, David Allan Coe, Fair to Midland, Upon A Burning Body, One-Eyed Doll, Vallejo, The Heroine, East Cameron Folkcore, Amplified Heat, the Eric Tessmer Band, Nothing More, Honky and Dixie Witch. More...
Abigail Williams Recruits New Touring Guitarist
Abigail Williams has checked in with the following announcement about officially recruiting a new guitarist:
"Please welcome Jeff Wilson to Abigail Williams as an official band member. Jeff has been working with us for the last year or so and will be playing guitar on the upcoming tours and the new album. Many of you will know him from other bands like Wolvhammer, Chrome Waves, and Liar In Wait, amongst others...
"For those of you wondering, Ian Jekelis is still in the band as a creative force but isn't playing live shows anymore. He also sat out the last two Abigail Williams tours in 2012. This might seem odd to some people, but for us it's perfectly natural to have a long-time band member who doesn't tour but is involved on other levels. With the addition of Jeff, it all means even more awesome guitar textures on the forthcoming releases.
"Filling in on bass and drums for the upcoming tour will be our friends John Porada (of Terminate) and Jesse Beahler, respectively."
Erimha Announces New Tour Dates
Symphonic black metal outfit Erimha has announced an upcoming tour in January of 2014 alongside Abigail Williams. Catch the two bands live on these dates:
01/09 – Peoria, IL @ The Brass Rail
01/10 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
01/11 – St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
01/12 – Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theater
01/13 – Louisville, KY @ Haymarket Whiskey Bar
01/14 – Columbus, OH @ TBA
01/15 – Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
01/16 – Albany, NY @ Bogies
01/17 – New York, NY @ Slake
01/18 – Reading, PA @ Reverb
01/19 – Trenton, NJ @ Championship
01/20 – Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre
01/21 – Jeanette, PA @ Gator's
01/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
01/23 – Warren, MI @ The Ritz
01/24 – Kokomo, IN @ Centerstage Bar & Grill
01/25 – Cherry Valley, IL @ Take 20
01/26 – Chicago, IL @ Reggies More...
Abigail Williams Comments On Canceling Breakup
Abigail Williams recently announced work had begun on a new album, despite performing what was billed as a "final farewell" tour and stating latest album "Becoming" would be the band's last. Abigail Williams has now posted the following message online about the situation:
"Judging from the 'I thought you guys broke up?' and 'make up your minds!' comments it's obvious some of you are wondering what all this new album talk is about A few months back we announced we would no longer be touring and trust me that was a genuine feeling at the time. The core of the band, Ian and myself, were exhausted from all the years of touring and hard work and felt that we needed to find some balance in our lives rather than constantly kill ourselves on tour most the year.
"I'm sure this is not news to some of you but playing in a band at our level is hard work. (see what Chris Grigg of Woe said about this very subject) Obviously we never received much of a financial reward for all the time and effort we put in to this and we had drained our funds completely.
"It seemed we were in debt to everyone. Our van was in a bad state and not worth fixing and we still owed money on it, we were in debt to our label, owing them money for CD's that we took on tour over the last year but we were not able to make the payment (we pay $7.50 per CD and sell them for $10) and we had problems with our booking agent being a subhuman POS which resulted in us having to book tours for ourselves to support our latest album. These are just some examples, there are many many more and considering none of this was anything new and had been going on for years and years it was frustrating to say the least. As much as we loved touring the world playing to 20 kids a night on average, it had made us miserable in the long run. More...
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Abigail Williams Cancels Breakup, Working On Album
Despite performing a "farewell" tour and insisting the band was being dissolved, Abigail Williams apparently hasn't bothered with any actual down time before getting to work on a new album and follow-up to "Becoming" (reviewed here).
The band commented on Facebook: "New album coming in 2013... We are happy to announce that Ashley Ellyllon will rejoin Abigail Williams for our fourth full length album. Although we did not announce it or make it public she also worked on our last album 'Becoming' with us. Anyone with a CD booklet can see that though... wink wink."
Further details on the upcoming post-"breakup" album and tour dates will be announced as they are made available.
Abigail Williams Plays Last Austin Show
Normally, we find Abigail William's name in smaller font than the other acts listed on their flyer promoting a North American jaunt. This tour, however, features the group going solo on a headlining North American tour. After nearly a decade of supporting the world's best extreme metal acts, it's only proper that Candlelight Record's most prolific artist becomes the featured act at each stop, especially considering this is their last tour.
One of the reasons for their disbanding is an inability to keep band members. Abigail Williams once led a cast of five members, including ex-Cradle of Filth keyboardist Ashley "Ellyllon" Jurgemeyer. Founding member Ken Sorceron came to town this time as a stripped down three-piece. The group used a synthesizer to replicate cinematic moments. This small lineup was perfect for Beerland's small stage. It's dark and narrowed halls were also fit the small audience well. More...
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Abigail Williams Announces Final U.S. Tour
American black metal band Abigail Williams has checked in with the following announcement about disbanding and forming new projects after a final U.S. tour:
"After much consideration we have decided to make these upcoming Abigail Williams shows our last US tour. This was a very hard decision to make but feels absolutely necessary at this point. I've had the best times of my life with this band and learned so much about what I want to do with music as well as what I don't like about the industry etc. and we honestly feel like its best to put the band to rest after making what we feel to be our very best album.
"I'm honestly just feeling satisfied with everything we have done as Abigail Williams and I feel ready to put it to rest. We want everyone to know this has nothing to do with differences inside the band as we are still very much a family and these are still the same people I want to make music with now and in the future.
"We think that 2012 is the perfect year for new beginnings and we definitely plan to put music out later this year in the form of a new band(s). It would be easy to give people the names to our new projects here but rather than capitalize off this announcement we would rather word get out naturally starting with our friends when the time is right. We want to thank our friends and fans who have supported us through the good and bad times over the years, we know its been a very bumpy road at times. We are still very dedicated to making music and this change will actually allow us to do more of what we want to do and be more productive.
"We hope to see everyone on the road for this tour that we booked DIY for the most part by ourselves. The dates are below even though some of them are still waiting to be confirmed. Also we want to emphasize that this is our last US tour and that we are open to touring overseas if the right tour comes up."
The band makes this announcement after the release of latest album "Becoming" (reviewed here), which followed sophomore full-length "In The Absence of Light" (reviewed here). The upcoming Abigail Williams tour dates are as follows: More...
Abigail Williams Updates Tour Schedule
American black metal outfit Abigail Williams' latest tour is now currently underway. Billed as support for almighty death metal legion Deicide on the March Of Death 2012 tour, Abigail Williams is performing all new material from the band's recently released third LP "Becoming" (reviewed here) released worldwide via Candlelight Records in January.
With Jungle Rot and Lecherous Nocturne also providing support for the entire trek, this shall prove to be one of the year's heaviest tours so far as it storms across the continent through the end of the month. The updated tour routing is as follows:
3/03/2012 Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
3/04/2012 Foufoune's - Montreal, QC
3/05/2012 Imperial de Quebec - Quebec City, QC
3/06/2012 Opera House - Toronto, ON
3/07/2012 Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY
3/08/2012 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH
3/09/2012 Blondie's - Detroit, MI
3/10/2012 Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL
3/12/2012 Osbourne Village Inn - Winnipeg, MB
3/13/2012 The Exchange - Regina, SK
3/14/2012 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
3/15/2012 Dickens - Calgary, AB
3/16/2012 Rutland Centennial Hall - Kelowna, BC
3/17/2012 Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC
3/18/2012 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
3/19/2012 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
3/20/2012 Grand Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
3/21/2012 House of Blues - West Hollywood, CA
3/22/2012 The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
3/23/2012 The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
3/24/2012 Bluebird Theatre - Denver, CO
3/25/2012 Trees - Dallas, TX
3/27/2012 Emo's East - Austin, TX
3/28/2012 The Hangar - New Orleans, LA
3/29/2012 Club at Firestone - Orlando, FL
Abigail Williams Reveals New Tour Dates
In light of the cancelation of Dark Funeral's North American tour earlier this week, Abigail Williams — which was confirmed as direct support for the entire trek — has extended the band's current headlining tour. On top of the run of eight headlining dates already announced, kicking off tonight in Las Vegas, thirteen newly-booked shows across the East Coast and all the way through the Midwest were just confirmed this week.
Additional tour dates are likely to be confirmed so stay tuned for further developments. For now check out the band's full tour itinerary as it stands, including the monstrous twenty-seven city March Of Death this March when death metal legends Deicide will tour the entire continent with support from Abigail Williams, Jungle Rot and Lecherous Nocturne.
Upcoming Abigail Williams tour dates are as follows:
1/20/2012 Aruba – Las Vegas, NV
1/21/2012 Skrappy's – Tucson, AZ
1/23/2012 Wreckers – Lubbock, TX
1/24/2012 Tomcats – Ft. Worth, TX
1/25/2012 The Muse – Nashville, TN
1/26/2012 Kingdom – Richmond, VA
1/27/2012 Café 611 – Frederick, MD
1/28/2012 Sonar – Baltimore, MD
1/29/2012 Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA w/ Immolith, Burden
1/30/2012 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY w/ Woe, Immolith
1/31/2012 Ralph's Diner – Worsester, MA
2/01/2012 Champs – Trenton, NJ w/ Woe
2/02/2012 Slim's Downtown Distillery – Raleigh, NC
2/03/2012 Ground Zero – Spartanburg , SC
2/04/2012 Kopecs – Pittsburgh, PA
2/05/2012 Kobo – Columbus, OH w/ Dismemberment, Tryblith
2/06/2012 Peabody's – Cleveland, OH
2/07/2012 Club Anything – Milwaukee, WI
2/09/2012 The Oasis Venue – Casper, WY
2/10/2012 Old Curtis St Bar – Denver, CO
2/11/2012 South Shore Bar and Grill – Salt Lake City, UT More...
Abigail Williams Comments On Tour Cancellation
Abigail Williams had been set to support Dark Funeral on upcoming North American tour dates, but the band has now issued the following statement about the run being canceled:
"Yes its true, the Dark Funeral tour is cancelled. In light of this we are working on booking our own DIY headlining shows across the US in addition to the week of headlining dates we already have booked.
"So far we have shows in Worcester and Trenton confirmed and we will be posting more as we get them booked. anyone interested in helping out email firstname.lastname@example.com. Be sure to check our dates section for updated dates as they come."
In other Abigail Williams news, the band is currently streaming its upcoming album "Becoming" online here.
Abigail Williams Streaming New Album
With Abigail Williams' third album full-length venture, "Becoming" (reviewed here) confirmed for North American release on January 24th, today Hails & Horns Magazine is hosting a full stream of the release.
The LP will be available for streaming from now until the album's release next week, so check it out before it's available for sale at this location. The following statement was released about the album:
"The organic style of 'Becoming' offers stark contrast to previous Abigail Williams releases, bearing six vast tracks of the band's most expressive and complicated material to date. 'Becoming' was recorded in various warehouses throughout Los Angeles, with the lineup for the album including returning guitarist Ian Jekelis, studio drummer Zach Gibson (ex-The Black Dahlia Murder) and as always, vocalist/guitarist Ken Sorceron, who handled all mixing, mastering, production and engineering duties."
Abigail Williams Reveals Tracklisting And Cover
Abigail Williams will be dropping it's new album "Becoming" on Candlelight Records on January 24th. A video for the track "Ascension Sickness" has been uploaded to YouTube, which follows after the jump, along with the tracklisting and cover art.
1. Ascension Sickness (11:12)
2. Radiance (05:33)
3. Elestal (08:12)
4. Infinite Fields of Mind (10:11)
5. Three Days of Darkness (02:27)
6. Beyond the Veil (17:31)
Abigail Williams Announces More Live Shows
Having just completed a massive thirty-six date North American tour supporting Mayhem, the Abigail Williams touring machine will continue on the road this week for six headlining dates, beginning in Wilmington, Delaware tonight. Taking only a few weeks off after this run of dates, Abigail Williams hits the road on another set of headlining performances on its way to provide direct support for Dark Funeral's North American assault engulfing all of February, immediately followed by a full tour with Deicide through the end of March.
The band's massive ongoing tour schedule is to pummel audiences with new material from the upcoming album, "Becoming," which is confirmed for release in North America on January 24, 2012 on Candlelight Records. The upcoming Abigail Williams tour dates are as follows:
Abigail Williams Headlining Dates:
12/12/2011 Mojo 13 - Wilmington, DE
12/13/2011 Broadway Joe - Buffalo, NY
12/14/2011 Camelot Hall - Portage, IN
12/15/2011 Bada Brew - Crest Hill, IL
12/16/2011 Fubar - St. Louis, MO
12/17/2011 Roxy Music Hall - Oklahoma City, OK
1/15/2012 118 Live - Simi Valley, CA w/ Pathology
1/20/2012 Hypnotic Lounge - Las Vegas, NV
1/21/2012 Skrappy's - Tucson, AZ
1/23/2012 Wreckers - Lubbock, TX
1/24/2012 Tomcats - Ft. Worth, TX
1/25/2012 The Muse - Nashville, TN
1/26/2012 Kingdom - Richmond, VA
1/27/2012 Café 611 - Frederick, MD
1/28/2012 Sonar - Baltimore, MD More...
Abigail Williams Updates Tour Schedule
As was previously announced, American black metal outfit Abigail Williams in the final stages of mixing for the band's upcoming full-length album right now. The title of the forthcoming opus is now confirmed as "Becoming," and Candlelight Records will release the album in North America on January 24th, 2012, marking Abigail Williams' third full-length release for the label.
"Becoming" was recorded in various warehouses throughout Los Angeles with frontman Ken Sorceron handling the mixing, mastering, production, and engineering duties for the entire album. The final track listing, album art and more will be unleashed in the weeks ahead as the record nears release.
Abigail Williams is also providing support for Norway's black metal legends Mayhem as their massive thirty-six date North American tour gets underway. Hate and Keep Of Kalessin will both provide support for the entire trek as well, and Abigail Williams' label mates Woe will also perform in eight cities of the tour.
Following the tour with Mayhem, Abigail Williams will continue touring through the new year in support of "Becoming," with full stateside tours supporting Dark Funeral and then Deicide already confirmed for the first quarter of 2012, and much more in the planning stages for the months ahead. Upcoming confirmed dates are as follows:
11/04/2011 Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
11/05/2011 Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY *
11/06/2011 The Palladium - Worcester, MA *
11/07/2011 Imperial - Quebec City, QC *
11/08/2011 Mavericks - Ottawa, ON *
11/10/2011 The Opera House - Toronto, ON *
11/11/2011 Peabody's - Cleveland, OH *
11/12/2011 Blondie's - Detroit, MI *
11/13/2011 Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL *
11/14/2011 Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
11/15/2011 Crocks - Thunder Bay, ON
11/16/2011 The Osbourne Village Inn - Winnipeg, MB
11/17/2011 Exchange - Regina, SK
11/18/2011 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
11/19/2011 Dickens - Calgary, AB
11/21/2011 Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC
11/22/2011 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
11/23/2011 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
11/25/2011 The Grand Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
11/26/2011 Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA
11/27/2011 House Of Blues - West Hollywood, CA
11/28/2011 The Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ
11/29/2011 The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
11/30/2011 Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
12/02/2011 Trees - Dallas, TX
12/03/2011 Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX
12/04/2011 Emo's - Austin, TX
12/05/2011 Scout Bar - Houston, TX
12/06/2011 The Hangar - New Orleans, LA
12/07/2011 The Club - Orlando, FL
12/08/2011 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
12/09/2011 Phoenix Hill Tavern - Louisville, KY
12/10/2011 Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
12/11/2011 Jaxx - Springfield, VA
[* = w/ Woe]
Abigail Williams Reveals New Album Details
American black metal outfit Abigail Williams has announced that the name of band's forthcoming third studio album will be "Becoming." The group is currently in the final mixing stages of the record and plan to release the album on January 24th, 2012 in North America through Candlelight Records.
More details will be revealed as soon as they become available. "Becoming" will be the follow-up to the last Abigail Williams album "In the Absence of Light" (reviewed here).
Lake Bukkake Added To Metal Suckfest
The Metal Suckfest -- the 2-day, 20-band, MetalSucks-curated metal festival being held at NYC's Gramercy Theater on November 4th and 5th -- has made a last minute addition to its Day 1 roster: NYC pornogrind act Lake Bukkake will open the fest, prior to headliners Municipal Waste, God Forbid, Today is the Day, Howl, Black Tusk, and many more. Metalsucks commented:
"After months and months and months of negotiations — and by 'negotiations,' we mean 'us pestering and begging them constantly' — the group has FINALLY agreed to emerge from their shell to play the opening set on Day 1 of The Metal Suckfest, one week from today, Friday, November 4. The band will play both I Left My Heart…and 1996's Shut Up it's Good for Your Complexion in their entirety. (The combined running time of both albums is less than fifteen minutes.)
"They also PROMISED us to debut at LEAST two songs from Chinese Bukkakacy, which they have, indeed, been working on for awhile (although apparently it may not be called that anymore — 'The idea seemed pretty funny in 2006, not so much anymore,' the band told us by e-mail)."
The full Metal Sucks fest lineup is as follows: More...
More Bands Added To The Metal Suckfest Lineup
The inaugural Metal Suckfest, a 2-day metal festival set to take place on November 4th and 5th at New York City's Gramercy Theater, has announced four additional bands have been added to the lineup. All Pigs Must Die and This is Hell will appear on Friday, November 4th alongside Municipal Waste, while Three and Last Chance to Reason will open for Cynic on Saturday, November 5th. The lineup is as follows:
Thursday, November 3rd (PRE-GAME)
Keep of Kalessin
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Friday, November 4th More...
Abigail Williams Enters The Studio
Abigail Williams will begin recording the band's third full-length album today. The process begins in the band's new home of Southern California as the members enter Keene Machine Studios with The Faceless' Michael Keene and Abigail Williams frontman Ken Sorceron engineering. Former Abigail Williams and Black Dahlia Murder drummer Zach Gibson will be playing on the album, as previous band mate Ken Bedene focuses on The Aborted.
"We are very excited to announce the start of drum tracking for our third full-length. Drummer Zach Gibson will be behind the kit on this record, which is exciting for us because we have not recorded with him since the Legend EP," states Sorceron. "Expect some interesting twists and turns once again with this album as we plan to double track some of the drums and some of the compositions are quite lengthy, one even reaching the 15-minute plus range. This will prove to be our most epic material to date. We plan to video our progress and upload video blogs as we go."
Abigail Williams will continue recording the new album over the next month, set for completion in late October before embarking on the band's previously announced North American tour supporting Norway's legendary Mayhem. The new album has an anticipated January release, followed by additional U.S. tours supporting Dark Funeral and then Deicide.
Deicide Announces North American Tour
American death metal legends Deicide have announced that they will be embarking on a headlining tour of the United States and Canada in March of next year, in what has been dubbed the "March Of Death" tour. Joining them on the trek will be Jungle Rot, Abigail Williams, and Lecherous Nocturne. The tour is in support of Deicide's latest studio album, "To Hell With God."
The tour dates are as follows:
March 1 - West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
March 2 - Reading, PA - Reverb
March 3 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre
March 4 - Montreal, QC - FouFounes
March 5 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial de Quebec
March 6 - Toronto, ON - Opera House
March 7 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music Hall
March 8 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
March 9 - Detroit, MI - Blondie's
March 10 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
March 12 - Winnipeg, MB - The Osbourne Village Inn
March 13 - Regina, SK - The Exchange
March 14 - Edmonton, AL - Starlite
March 15 - Calgary, AL - Dickens
March 16 - Kelowna , BC - Rutland Centennial Hall
March 17 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater
March 18 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
March 19 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
March 20 - San Francisco, CA - The Grand Ballroom
March 21 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
March 22 - Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse
March 23 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex
March 24 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
March 26 - Dallas, TX - Trees
March 27 - Austin, TX - Emo's Alternative Lounging
March 28 - New Orleans, LA - The Hangar
March 29 - Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone
Abigail Williams Writing New Album
Abigail Williams has nearly completed the writing phase on material that is planned for the band's new album and follow-up to "In the Absence of Light" (reviewed here), which is expected for release in early 2012. The band is looking forward to testing out some of the new songs later next month when it returns to stateside venues for a string of dates that is set to begin August 25th in Las Vegas and conclude when the band performs alongside Morbid Angel in Los Angeles on September 23rd.
Band leader Sorceron commented on recent European tour dates, "The shows were excellent. We had a great time with our friends in Iskald and Thulcandra and hope we can join them again in the future. A big thanks to everyone who came out to the shows; we really appreciate your support. The upcoming dates have us headlining in the west including the Rocky Mountain Goat Roast; we are co-headlining the fest with Misery Index. The Scottsdale show has us sharing the stage once more with ex-hometown friends Vehemence and Landmine Marathon. And what more can I say about playing with Morbid Angel other than how awesome it will be to finally share the stage with a band we grew up listening to?"
Sorceron also said of the upcoming album, "the new material is a continuation of our last album but with more atmosphere and far more extreme tempos. We are adding back some of the symphonic elements that were on In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns album but without sacrificing any of the edge that was on In the Absence of Light. So far we are really happy with everything."
The upcoming Abigail Williams tour dates are as follows:
8/25/2011 Yayo's - Las Vegas, NV
8/26/2011 Chaser's - Scottsdale, AZ
8/27/2011 Goat Roast Fest - Greeley, CO
8/28/2011 Club Expose - Salt Lake City, UT
8/29/2011 Fat Cat - Modesto, CA
8/30/2011 105 Pioneer - Santa Cruz, CA
9/02/2011 Metaphor Café - Escondido, CA
9/03/2011 Cobalt Café - Canoga Park, CA


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'The Purple One' was everyone's favourite come Christmas-time
When Kate Upton forgot to wear clothes AGAIN, guess who was there... That's right, twas us. And guess what went unworn again? Yep, that lovely jumper.
When Kate Upton went to the Tribeca Film Festival, we tried to be all aloof like we hadn't even noticed she was there, after all the recent rejection, but then we couldn't help ourselves and bounded over to her like an eager puppy. "Ruff ruff. Hey, Kate, GREAT to see you. Do you want to wear this nice jumper we've brought you? Ruff ruff." She still didn't want the jumper. We left.
It's a really nice jumper
When Kate Upton bounced around for a full two-minutes forty-seven seconds, we stayed and watched the whole thing. We assumed that's what she would've wanted.
In May, Kate Upton wore some bridal lingerie. Normally, if we came home to find a girl wearing bridal lingerie, we'd be pretty freaked out. Unless we'd just got married to her that day, in which case we'd think it was a prudent and fitting thing for her to be doing. When Kate Upton did it, we had to resist the temptation to ask her to marry us there and then. Then she made a video in the bridal lingerie, and we had to remove our voicebox - it was the only way to stop ourselves blurting out our undying love.
"It was well worth it" we'd say, if we could
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She also made Monday better, like a kind of sexy nemesis to the awfulness of Made In Chelsea.
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Over 7 years of focus entirely on SMS wrapped into Carousel.
We've built many applications ourselves, all on this platform.
Have a look at Ohdontforget or our open-source projects.
Send messages to any mobile device.
Universal push notifications!
We support over 115 carriers across North America, including Google Voice.
Easily integrate with our SMS API.
Receive callbacks when a user sends an incoming message, opts-in or out.
Easily build complex group messaging applications.
No setup, administrative or billing fees. Cancel anytime.
Buy fewer virtual numbers than you would have to with other long-code solutions. We efficiently load balance across numbers for you.
One-time integration, without ongoing maintenance. Never worry about throughput caps again.
Simply add more numbers as your volume and userbase grows.
We honor STOP and HELP requests on your behalf. No additional setup required.
We can also handle your opt-in requests, if you'd like.
In the US, carriers have set a hard limit of 60 messages per minute on messaging over traditional, 10-digit phone numbers. This is meant to replicate the pace of peer to peer sending, which is the optimal use case for these long numbers.
But numerous legitimate uses for higher volume delivery exist, and we focus on facilitating those. If, for instance, you have a group messaging application which needs to deliver timely messages reminding, say, a sports team about an upcoming match, those throughput restrictions could delay messages severely as they travel through the artificially imposed queue.
Carousel allows you to exceed these carrier-enforced rate limits by pooling many numbers together and managing the links between those numbers and end-users.
Rather than assigning dedicated numbers for each player or devising your own load-balancing solution, let us handle the details. We automatically assign links between numbers in your carousel and end-users.
You can have a carousel of one number or many. Expand the carousel by adding more numbers as your volume grows. We automatically reassign links if numbers are removed.
On top of the carousel system, we also offer numerous helpers. If you'd like, we can take care of scheduled messages (including messages with templates, sent to many recipients), opt-outs, and opt-ins.
Carousel began as an internal platform, used as the foundation many of our SMS applications, a handful of which we've open-sourced, and one you can try live: check out Ohdontforget.
We've pulled in some seven years of experience into the platform, embedding an intimate understanding of the unique challenges in building and growing SMS-enabled applications.
Built many SMS-enabled applications, including the FindHolmes real estate search engine and the Recess paging system. First client project at age fourteen. Working and living around the world.
Originally from Ukraine, traveling the world and writing Ruby code.
A developer from Hanoi, Vietnam. Loves to hack on open source projects and modern technologies, especially with Ruby on Rails and Javascript.
The DOS CLI was Ali's first love, which grew into an avid interest in Unix and open-source software. He's worked on small to carrier-grade systems, from design to implementation, integration and support.
When he's away from computers, Ali spends his time watching movies, traveling and playing cricket.
Loving father, backend geek, avid learner. Enjoying traveling and exploring. Snowboarding and playing basketball, composing electronic music and playing poker. Assisting with running local Ruby community.
Or reach us on Twitter, @CarouselSMS.
Pay 1¢ per message, in and out, and $1 per virtual number. Includes SSL support. US and Canada only, for now.
Messaging at Carousel plan terms. Includes phone and SMS-based support with technical staff, account representative.
At the beginning of your monthly billing cycle, we charge you a recurring monthly fee against the credit card we have securely on file. Message usage is charged against your account, which you can recharge automatically.
Any virtual numbers (DIDs) you purchase are automatically renewed monthly. You're charged for those on initial purchase and every month until you cancel them.
If you contact us, we can discuss everything from integration, to using your own carrier connections for messaging via our platform. We can work with you on a custom application on our API. And we may even be able to offer specialized API calls.
The only restrictions are in abiding with US regulations on SMS use. That means your recipients should be opted in, and that your content follows our terms of service. SPAM is the biggest red flag.
All financial transactions are encrypted, and your payment details stored securely with our merchant. Your messaging data is secured on our servers and access is limited to troubleshooting. Once your messages hit the carriers, your data is protected to the extent that the carriers themselves allow. For more on privacy, see our privacy policy and terms of service.
Because we use a prepaid system with automated recharges for messaging, we don't limit your usage or require any setup or pre-screening.
If there's sufficient interest, we can offer a discount on annual versions of our monthly plans. Our Enterprise and custom plans offer invoicing options.
The Carousel API helps you send text messages at scale. We handle the heavy lifting via our HTTP API and administrative console.
Use https://sl.carouselsms.com/api/
as the base address for working with the API.
Here are a couple of simple cases, via curl. First, send a single message:
curl 'https://sl.carouselsms.com/api/send_message?api_key=API_KEY&body=test&phone_number=+1(347)264-3707'
Then, send a 'mail merge' style message to multiple recipients:
curl 'https://sl.carouselsms.com/api/send_messages?api_key=API_KEY&template=Hello,%20%7B%7Bname%7D%7D&recipients=%7B%2213472643707%22:%7B%22name%22:%22Alex%22%7D,%221234567890%22:%7B%22name%22:%22Unknown%22%7D%7D'
Every client application has an API key associated with it. This key is generated during the creation of the application and can be re-generated from the show/edit screens in the administrative console.
This key uniquely identifies an application during the calls it makes to the SL.
Set up a gateway URL to receive callbacks and incoming messages.
We offer modules to help automate common tasks, like setting up automated help information and welcome messages for first-time users.
These are optional.
Parameters that you specify in calls to the API and receive as callbacks from the API can be of different types.
Regular text string.
Integer number, either positive or negative.
We are quite flexible with booleans. They are case-insensitive and can take the following shapes:
TRUE: 1, t, true, y, yes
FALSE: 0, f, false, n, no
Dates and times parsing is very liberal in the SL. We are capable of parsing almost everything that can be interpreted as a date/time.
Here are some examples of what the dates can look like:
- takes current date as basis and uses provided timeAug 31
– take current year, users the given date and sets time
to 00:007/31
– the same as above2/9/2007
or 2007-02-09
– date only02-09-2007 12:30:44 AM
or 2007-09-02T00:30:44Z
time02-09-2007 12:30:44 PM EST
or 2007-09-02T12:30:44-0500
localized timeWednesday, January 10, 2001
- human-readable dateIf you need a stricter definition, you can refer to RFC2822 (3.3. Date and Time Specification).
Handset, Phone
MT (Mobile Terminated)
MO (Mobile Originated)
DID (Direct Inward Dialing), Virtual Number, Long Code
SMSC (Short Message Service Center)
Modules let developers to add more standard processing options to the Service Layer. Modules are called whenever an incoming message arrives to the application. The modules are expected to return either nil
if they don't
know how to handle the message, or a hash with the following fields:
-- string -- the response message to return to the cell phone.
-- string -- TRUE
to send the response through the FTEU
Modules are organized in a chain, and are processed in sequence.
If the first module returns a result, the second listed isn't called nor instantiated.
One example of a module is in subscription processing. Given that many applications share this functionality, we extract the processing of keywords SUB, Y, STOP in a module and place it before the Client application call module. Then, if one of these keywords arrives, we can process them on the Service Layer instead of sending the request to your application.
An application can use any number of modules.
If you'd like to automatically reply to inbound "help" messages, use our Help module.
To send a one-time welcome message to first-time users, try our Welcome module.
The Help module listens for help-related keywords sent to an application. When possible, we send replies as Free To End User (FTEU) messages.
The module doesn't do anything besides that. It delegates the processing to your application, and wraps the response in the proper structure.
This module works on two levels: SMSCs and applications. In most cases, responses belong to a specific application and they will be pass through the application-level module. In rare cases, when a message is not associated with any application, the SMSC-level module will be used.
This module doesn't stop processing of the message. It sends the welcome message (if filled out; no message is sent if left empty) in addition to the further processing which may or may not result in any additional messages.
Welcome text message -- the message to send. If the message is not given, the module is inactive. The message field can be found on the application and SMSC edit page in the Service Layer UI.
The opt-in and out module works on an application level.
Each application has an associated set of default opt-in (SUB SUBSCRIBE OPT-IN 'OPT IN' START
) and opt-out keywords (STOP END QUIT CANCEL UNSUBSCRIBE Q STP 'RE: STOP' RE:STOP REMOVE TERMINATE 'OPT OUT'
). Custom keywords can be specified.
When an application receives an opt-in keyword, it replies with the pre-configured opt-in message if the Send opt-in message
option is set. It then unblacklists the phone number if it was previously blacklisted.
When an opt-out keyword is received, the application blacklists the phone number when the Auto-blacklisting
option is set. It then closes the session with the phone and sends the Opt-out Message
Client applications receive callbacks from the Service Layer through their Gateway URL. Different callbacks notify applications about user sessions, subscriptions, and more.
Callback date and type are set as individual fields in the POST
request to the client application.
contains the name/type of the functionapi_key
contains the API key of the app to which the callback belongs
(in case several SL apps report to the same client-side app)You're not required to take advantage of callbacks. In fact, you can ignore all of them, although the resulting application may be not do much. You ought to at least listen for incoming messages (MOs) through the incoming_message
Some callbacks have optional responses expected. The format of the response is currently set to plain text, but later this may be changed to the JSON.
We suggest that you process the callback as fast as possible on the client application side to release Service Layer resources.
Received when a new MO arrives and is routed to your application.
When a message initiates a session and the matching keyword has auto-subscription enabled, the auto-subscribe
flag is set. This means that after this callback is processed, the message sender is automatically subscribed on the Service Layer side. There will be a subscription confirmation message sent to the user, as configured in the Service Layer UI. You may decide not to send your own automated response from this call to avoid sending two messages.
If the message is marked as auto_responded
, it means that the message sender has already received the automated response message that was associated with the keyword. You may choose to send another message or stay silent to avoid duplicates.
-- incoming_message
-- phone number of a texterbody
-- message bodysent_at
-- origination timestamptag
-- optional -- conversation thread identifier, present if the message is a reply to a tagged outgoing message (see the send_message API method)auto_subscribe
-- boolean, optional -- flags this message as
initiating a session with auto-subscriptionauto_responded
-- boolean, optional -- flags that this message as having
already been responded to with the keyword-associated contentcarrier_id
-- optional -- carrier IDcarrier_name
-- optional -- carrier namebody
-- string -- the reply message bodyclose_session
-- boolean -- instruction to close the session
between the phone number and this app, so that any following
incoming messages are not be routed directly to this app.
Note that dedicated SMSCs will still messages routed to the app, but out of session.reprocess
-- string -- a text to send as an incoming message on
behalf of the phone number that has sent the presently handled
message. In combination with close_session
it's a powerful
mechanism for transferring control to another application or
redirecting to itself with a different keyword.{"body":"Switching to another app","close_session":true,"reprocess":"another keyword"}
After receiving this response, the SL will:
When the message is sent with send_message
(either in the future or immediately), a list of message IDs is returned. If a message was longer than the maximum number of allowed characters and as a result was split into parts, each ID represents each of those parts.
-- ID of the message the status of which has changedfinal
-- boolean -- TRUE
if this report is final and no updates are to be expectedstatus
- new status of the message, where the possible values are:
-- Pending delivery1
-- Delivered2
-- Delivery failed4
-- Queued for deliveryIgnored
-- This is a one-way fire and forget notification.Callbacks involving user sessions.
The FAQ has more details on the concept of sessions.
This callback is performed when a user session with an application is closed for any reason. It can be the result of a session expiration or due to an explicit command from a user.
-- session_closed
-- comma-separated list of user phone numbersFor your application to know of and respond to various application events, we provide convenient callbacks.
This callback is performed when a phone number is blacklisted. Usually that's the result of receiving one of several special opt-out keywords addressed by the STOP module.
-- the blacklisted phone number(phone_unblacklisted)
This is invoked when a phone number is unblacklisted by the STOP module.
-- unblacklisted phone number(auto_reply_loop)
Sometimes, an application response and user auto-responder may unintentionally initiate an infinite loop of messages. Let's say you send Hello
to user Foo
's phone, which has a vacation auto-response (or anything else clever, but not clever enough). Your application, to be helpful, replies with Sorry, we don't know what you mean!
, which returns Foo
's vacation response once more. Or worse, Foo
, isn't a proper phone at all, but another application with no rate limit.
In such cases, we inform you in order for your application to take any necessary measures.
-- user phone number(no_unicode_support)
Carriers in some countries (destinations) don't accept unicode in the message body. We can't deliver such messages and let you know accordingly.
-- destinationmessage
-- body of the message containing unicodeThis set of calls allows an application to associate and dissociate keywords. All necessary checks are performed automatically to avoid conflicts.
Checks a keyword for validity and uniqueness.
-- string -- API key of the applicationkeyword
-- string -- keywordmode
-- integer -- 0
-- match exactly (default), 1
-- starts withHTTP Code 200
with JSON hash (text/javascript):
- optional array of keyword-related error messages. If this element isn't present, the operation was successful.(associate_keyword)
Associates a keyword with an application.
-- string -- API key of the applicationkeyword
-- string -- keywordmode
-- integer -- 0
-- match exactly, 1
-- starts withauto_subscribe
-- boolean, optional -- TRUE
-- keyword will initiate the subscriptionauto_subscribe_tags
-- string, optional -- comma-separated list of
tags to assign to the newly created auto-subscriptionHTTP Code 500
and error message in the bodyHTTP Code 200
with JSON hash (text/javascript):
- optional array of error messages, in case of any problems with the keyword registration (duplicates, incorrect format, etc.). If this element isn't present, the operation was successful.(dissociate_keyword)
Breaks the link between a keyword and an application.
-- string -- API key of the applicationkeyword
-- string -- keywordHTTP Code 500
and error message in the bodyHTTP Code 200
with JSON hash (text/javascript):
- optional array of error messages. For example, if the keyword belongs to a different application.The sections describes all of the API calls associated with sending and receiving messages.
If your application needs to send a message to a certain phone number, start with this call. The message can be of arbitrary length. If the message doesn't fit into the standard message size (160 characters for 7-bit alphabets), the message will be broken into several parts automatically, like this:
(1/3) The beginning…
(2/3) …continuation …
(3/3) …the final piece.
Scheduled messages are sent in batches every 15 minutes. The date format (see the on
field) may vary from the strict 10/12/2008 12:55AM —0500
to the relaxed Tuesday 9 1:15PM
. If the timezone isn't specified, then UTC (GMT)
is assumed.
When message splitting is necessary, it can be performed in one of three predefined ways. These can be selected on a per-application basis, configured in the Application preferences within the Service Layer UI.
Character boundary - the message will be split into parts without looking for gaps between the words and the ends of sentences. This is the most compact way of breaking up a message, ensuring that a minimal number of parts will be sent.
Word boundary - the message text is analyzed for gaps between words. It will split messages so that no word is broken unless the message becomes severely under-filled (more than a half of the message is empty). In this case the Character Boundary mode is used to fill the rest of the part and the operation switches back to the normal Word Boundary operation for the next part.
Sentence boundary - the message is broken into parts preferably on sentence edges. These are commas, exclamation and question marks, and line breaks. Again, if the message appears to be severely under-filled, the mode is switched to Word Boundary. And if even that doesn't help, then it's lowered to the Character Boundary.
Phone numbers which start with 555
are used for testing purposes.
Messages to these numbers will not be sent to a real phone number. Consequently, there's no charge for sending message to these numbers.
-- string -- API key of the application.phone_number
or phone_numbers
-- string -- destination phone number
(10 digits with or without country code) or a comma-separated list of phone numbers.body
-- string -- message textaction_expected
-- boolean, optional -- send TRUE
if a response from the target phone is expected. In this case, a session between the phone and the application is established for seamless direction of the response MOs without the need of sending a keyword.on
-- string, optional -- time when the message is to be sent.tag
-- string, optional -- conversation thread identifier. Messages with the same tag will all be sent via one DID.HTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
key. This is useful for matching sent messages with delivery reports and message cancellation.
Negative IDs are possible in these cases:
-- if phone number was invalid.-2
-- if phone number is currently blacklisted.-3
-- if phone is being flooded and reached the limit of messages for a configured period of time for this app. Adjust or remove flood limits in the Application configuration UI.(send_messages)
Sometimes you need to send several slightly different messages to multiple phone numbers. You could issue multiple send_message
requests, but there's a better way. Instead, you can specify a template to use as the basis for your messages. Then, for each number, you need only provide the different parts to paste into the template for each number.
Here's an example:
template = "Hello {{name}}. You have {{credits}} credits remaining."
recipients = '{"0123456789": {"name": "John", "credits": "5"}, "9876543210": {"name": "Mary", "credits": "10"}}'
The phone number 0123456789
will receive Hello John. You have 5 credits remaining.
, while the phone number 9876543210
will receive Hello Mary. You have 10 credits remaining.
-- string -- API key of the application.template
-- string -- template string to use for generation of recipient messages.recipients
-- string -- JSON-hash with phone numbers (10 digits) as keys and the substitution hash as values. Each substitution hash contains the names of tags you mentioned in the template body as keys and the replacement values as values.action_expected
-- boolean, optional -- send TRUE
if a response from the target phone is expected. In this case, a session between the phone and the Application is established for seamless direction of the response MOs to the application without the need of sending the Keyword to select the Application first.on
-- string, optional -- time when the message is to be sent.tag
-- string, optional -- conversation thread identifier. Messages with the same tag will all be sent via one DID.HTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
key. Negative IDs are possible in these cases:
-- if phone number was invalid.-2
-- if phone number is currently blacklisted.(cancel_messages)
This call cancels messages scheduled for future delivery (that is, those send_message
calls with parameter on
). The send_message
call returns a list of IDs corresponding to all scheduled messages or parts of a longer message which was split into parts automatically. You can use these IDs to cancel future messages at any time.
Please note that this call can cancel only non-subscription messages. To cancel subscription-level messages, use the cancel_subscription_messages
call instead.
-- string -- comma-separated list of scheduled message IDsHTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
-- integer -- the number of canceled messages.(delivery_status)
This call accepts a single sent message ID or a list of IDs separated by commas. It returns the status for each of the corresponding messages. If the message wasn't found, it's not mentioned in the results. The statuses have numeric values, which are as follows:
-- Pending delivery1
-- Delivered to the user's phone2
-- Not delivered to the user's phone (failed)message_ids
-- string -- comma-separated list of message IDs (either scheduled or not) returned from the send_message
Allows you to reuse the conversation thread (and its associated DID) for communication with another recipient using the same tag. This frees a DID for new uses.
-- string -- API key of the application.phone_number
-- string -- phone number of the message recipient.tag
-- string -- conversation thread identifier.HTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
Virtual numbers - DIDs - are used for sending and receiving SMS. Each DID has a limit of 60 messages per minute, set by the carriers. In order to provide greater throughput, an application must have several DIDs grouped into an SMSC.
Return a list of DIDs used by an application.
-- string -- API key of the application.HTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
Returns a list of DIDs available for purchase.
-- string -- API key of the application.number
-- string, optional -- fragment of desired DID number (say, an area code you prefer).country
-- string, optional -- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of DID (default: US).HTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
Buy a DID and assign it to an application's dedicated SMSC.
-- string -- API key of the application.number
-- string, optional -- DID number; when omitted, a random number for the specified country will be used.country
-- string, optional -- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code of the DID (default: US).HTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
Delete a DID from an application.
-- string -- API key of the application.number
-- string, optional -- the DID you would like deleted.HTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
Sessions are used to maintain connections between a user's phone and the application. See the FAQ for more.
Closes active sessions between the application and phone numbers.
-- string -- API key of the application.phone_numbers
-- string -- comma-separated list of phone numbers (10 digits with or without country code) with which to close the session.HTTP Code 500
and error message in the body.HTTP Code 200
This set of calls manages end-user (Phone) blacklisting.
Users who opt-out are blacklisted, preventing them from receiving further messages.
You can unblacklist using these API calls, or by having the user text in a subscription keyword.
Adds phone numbers to the blacklist arbitrarily.
-- string -- API key of the applicationphone_number
or phone_numbers
-- string -- phone number
(10 digits with or without country code) or a comma-separated list
of phone numbers.(unblacklist)
Removes phone numbers from the blacklist.
-- string -- API key of the applicationphone_number
or phone_numbers
-- string -- phone number
(10 digits with or without a country code) or a comma-separated list of phone numbers.(blacklist_status)
Query for the blacklist status of a given phone number or numbers.
-- string -- API key of the applicationphone_number
or phone_numbers
-- string -- phone number
(10 digits with or without a country code) or a comma-separated list of phone numbers.Note that certain content is taboo over long codes in the US: political marketing (or, generally speaking, marketing of any kind), encouraging the use of weapons, drugs, violence, advertising pornography, sending hate speech, referring to gambling or prostitution, and anything that would offend a particular mobile carrier. We're believers in the first amendment. Carriers are less interested in promulgating free speech. We don't suggest you respect that decision, but barring policy changes, we expect you to abide by it.
On the whole, these content restrictions are similar to those applying to short code programs.
We primarily support long code programs. These are meant to simulate peer to peer (P2P) traffics. That means chat, forwarding messages, group messaging and so forth. Long codes are explicitly not intended for marketing and mass messaging.
Do note that some messages may be subject to silent filtering by carriers, including messages which:
From the MMA, appropriate methods of opt-in, for a user responding to some kind of call to action:
1. Subscriber may send a Mobile Originated (MO) message from their handset to the short code.
This means a user sends a message, typically containing a special keyword
, to a phone number expecting it.
2. Subscriber may initiate opt-in from a web interface and ...from a WAP interface
Note This method is double opt-in.
In this case, you should reply with an outgoing message (MT) to the user with a request for opt-in confirmation. This request can contain a PIN code (anywhere in the message) and instructions for opting-in online or via an affirmative SMS reply.
3. Subscriber may initiate opt-in from an IVR system
In this case, a user requests to receive text messages via a voice-based, automated phone tree.
4. Subscriber may initiate opt-in from a paper-based consent form
We would suggest that the particular medium isn't material.
This opt-in applies only to the specific program a subscriber is subscribed to and should not be used as a blanket approval to promote other programs, products, and services. However, after the subscriber has been given the complete details about the opt-in scope, the subscriber may opt-in to receive other messages. A content provider may, however, communicate with existing opted-in subscribers through non-premium messages that a) notify subscribers of updates to their existing service or b) are part of a retention program for that particular service. Directions to unsubscribe from these messages must be clearly available with the delivery of each message.
Selling mobile opt-in lists is prohibited.
Finally, the canonical example:
Here, we'll cover mandatory opt-out workflow, which is about as much fun as it sounds; like the procedural bits of the Ken Starr report (timely!). This applies to both US short and long codes, but is a good practice everywhere. Our focus is so-called "standard rate" messaging. For premium short codes, the rules are stricter still.
By thorough acceptance of STOP requests across all applications, we can help assure users that STOP is a universal opt-out mechanism in SMS. For instance, that means we should opt-out both users who have subscribed to your application in the past and those texting in STOP as their first message, to reassure them you're adhering to the standard.
As soon as a user subscribes to your program, you must explicitly tell them how to opt-out, and they must be able to do so at any time.
That said, consider the well-intentioned, but rigidly applied opt-out workflow within a complex chat application. How do we discount the false positives?
The notable stipulation is that "...programs should support mixed case opt-out commands and ignore subsequent non-keyword text.." This means that, ideally, applications should be able to catch wildcard STOP messages. In the case of a chat application, the user may not always be indicating an opt-out.
You're allowed to initiate opt-outs based on other keywords of your choice, but must respond to at least the keywords above. For consistency, you should send an opt-out confirmation message in response to any of these keywords, even if the user isn't subscribed to any program at all.
For instance, a user may text in STOP as their first message to your system and you must send back a proper opt-out response. You could customize this for first-time texters, but it may only add to the user's confusion.
When STOP, or any of the opt-out keywords above, is sent to a program, the program must respond with an MT message, whether or not the subscriber is subscribed to the program (this was recently cleared by the FCC).
For one-time messaging, an opt-out MT can simply say that the user was never subscribed, and then blacklist the user. In practice, it's simpler to have a common opt-out message for both subscribed an non-subscribed, first-time texters. The general principle behind the STOP command is to provide simple, consistent behavior so that users come to understand it as a universal opt-out mechanism. As the MMA says, "this is to avoid subscriber confusion around the use of the STOP command."
For the same reason, they note that "The STOP command should never result in an error being sent back to the subscriber."
A STOP request should result in a message (MT) sent to the subscriber and a complete blacklisting of the subscriber, with no further messages unless they explicitly opt-in again.
Or the MMA's canonical example:
For long code programs maintaining separate sets of phone numbers (DIDs) for each application, this may not be a concern. But if you do run multiple programs on the same numbers, keep the following in mind.
For subscribers who've opted into multiple programs, a simple STOP request isn't sufficiently descriptive. Rather than opting them out of all programs at once, you need to present a multiple choice menu.
You're encouraged to present STOP ALL as the final choice in the menu, and respond to STOP ALL at any time by opting users out of all subscribed programs (even if it's only one, or, as we learned above, none).
The menu need not include:
Much like the Help menu, this could look like,
Subscribed to multiple programs. Rply w one of the following to stop:
A) First program
B) Second program
C) Another program
or STOP ALL
A reply with one of the options would return the relevant opt-out confirmation message. We would suggest accepting anything from "A" followed by any text as well as the words "First program." If users are going to the trouble of calling up a menu and replying to it, it's clear that they want out, so make it easy for them. Subscribers who don't want to be there will cost you more in the long-term and it's in yours and your users' best interest to do more than merely follow the letter of the law here.
However, this isn't a common worfklow. Most systems aren't sophisticated enough to pick up on these types of open-ended responses, so you're typically stuck with something that more closely resembles the example in the MMA handbook:
Farm League Baseball: which service to stop?
STOP ALL or
For Sports Reply STOP SPORT to cancel
For Horo Reply STOP HORO to cancel
And subscribers would reply with STOP HORO
to end the Horoscope program. This results in a relatively poor user. Not to mention that it omits their own requirement of including STOP ALL as the final option. Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.
Alternately, you can opt users out of all programs when they reply STOP
, bypassing the menu and treating opt-out keywords as a STOP ALL
For those doing IVR (automated phone tree) opt-ins
Any IVR system that offers the possibility to opt-in to a mobile service must also offer the possibility to opt-out. This should be available through the IVR, customer service, a web site, or SMS.
We would take this farther and allow users to easily opt-out via the web in any case.
And be aware that users will try to opt-out by non-standard means (so much for the universality of STOP). Users text in crazy, crazy things, often not realizing they're interacting with a machine.
The MMA acknowledges this by suggesting that,
Content providers should periodically scan their MO logs for subscribers that are clearly trying to unsubscribe to a service, but are not following the programmed rules. And then take the action to end their subscription based on those MO logs.
Log everything:
The content provider (or the aggregator) should record and store all opt-out transactions.
We take care of this for you, but would still encourage you to maintain your own records.
Your application should respond to requests for help. When a user texts in the keyword HELP
or HLP
, respond with a text message containing information about the application and where the user can find support.
From the MMA guidelines,
To help subscribers understand their participation, each program should respond with the program details listed below when the subscriber sends the keyword HELP...
You should send an automatic response to the user in response to a help request whether or not they're currently a subscriber.
HELP must always result in a response.
or opt-out online.All of this should be kept to 160 characters or fewer.
Carousel - company chat. More at CarouselSMS.com or email email@example.com.
Text STOP to end. Msg&Data Rates may apply.
Here's the MMA's own example:
If a user is subscribed to multiple applications, you should return a multiple-choice menu. Note that if you have multiple programs available and the user is subscribed to only one of them, don't present the menu.
The menu itself doesn't need most of the information described above.
In the menu, you can leave out:
An example menu:
Subscribed to multiple programs. Rply w one of the following for info:
A) First program
B) Second program
C) Another program
More, CarouselSMS.com
Now, you have to determine how you want to handle replies, which can get tricky. Do you want to accept anything that starts with A, B, or C? Do you accept "First program" as a legitimate response? What if you have other keywords active within the same session which overlap with these answers?
With long codes, we can avoid some of these thornier questions by maintaining a strict delineation between phone numbers and applications.
Whatever the approach, the response MT should follow the example of a single-choice menu, above.
Directly quoting from the MMA guidelines, Terms and Conditions at a minimum must contain the following:
STOP and HELP instructions in bold lettering
Program sponsor information, defined as the program name, company name, or brand associated with the campaign
For standard rate programs: "Msg&Data Rates May Apply". Different forms of the above text include: Message and Data Rates May Apply, Msg&data rates may apply, Msg&data rates may apply.
Customer Service Contact Information: either a toll-free number, a web submission form or an email address.
Guidance on the frequency with which the subscriber may expect to receive messages for the duration of the program. Note that for many applications, this cannot be precisely predetermined by the content provider. In this case, the guidance should relate to the expected message frequency under normal circumstances.
We should interject: anticipating messaging frequency can be a ridiculous proposition; do this for short code programs, but for group messaging or chat applications, driven by users with varying demand, this is farcical.
Other notable items that we can ignore in the case of long code programs:
In this case, we have don't have per carrier restrictions the way that short code programs do.
Less relevant for long code programs, because we have the luxury of dividing them across DIDs/virtual numbers, rather than running a multi-tenant environment.
A simple application that sends messages with templates. Get the gist on Github.
An example group messaging application for coaches and players, taking advantage of our advanced number stickiness and tagging features. See coaches_and_players on Github.
A full-fledged application, website and billing system included. This was a live, production product with real users. Keep in mind, it is dated. RecessApp on Github.
A neat tool for anonymized chat with, in our use-case, nurses, doctors and emergency workers with their patients. Users could text in and receive messages back to their phones, while the operator texted back via their web browsers, without compromising the patient's anonymity by revealing their number.
A text-to-screen ("projection bombing") app. We also used this one in production, and again, it's pretty old :)
It also includes a less apparent feature: a very cool semi-anonymous proxy chat tool which we used for a "Singles Mingle" event. Users could text one another, using IDs on nametags issued at the event, without revealing their phone numbers to the recipient. After stripping out the IDs, we streamed the conversations on nearby displays.
Users send in email addresses and we parse them, sending out an automated text and email concurrently. We used this to cap off a presentation at a mobile conference. Effective and fun!
An automated alert street-sweeping alert system. Subscribers would receive messages at set intervals (you can see the configuration options in the admin UI) about street-sweeping, ticketing and towing in their neighborhood.
The admin panel and subscriber management pieces can be found here and code for the website, a basic Wordpress theme, is also available on Github.
Number parsing and other useful things. We'll be expanding this. Fork it on Github.
An excellent Node.js implementation of our API, by the tireless Stephen Rhyne,
One of the libraries we've used for building billing plans. General purpose, but especially useful for SMS and other apps with usage-based billing.
If you're integrating with Open Market over SMPP, this should come in handy. While we're not working with them, we'd be happy to share our knowledge of SMPP-based short code providers. Our open_market library on Github.
In our Github profile, you'll find a number of plugins for the open-source Aloha editor, plus other projects we've OSd.
For an application to accept incoming messages, it needs a gateway URL. You can register this URL on your application page. We'll direct all incoming messages to that address. The response will be in the form of a POST
request containing all of the message details. You can even respond with a message body to send back to that phone as a reply if you'd like.
So you don't need to poll our system for new messages. Simply write a handler that accepts POST requests and do whatever your business logic requires with it. This handler will receive other events as well (subscriptions, delivery reports, etc.). You're free to implement only the parts you need.
For details, check the callbacks section.
When you want to deliver a message to a single phone number, use the send_message
API call, specifying the message body, phone number, whether a response is expected, and, if you'd like the message sent later, specify the time of delivery.
When you have something to say to several phone numbers, you can use the send_message
API call as you would with a the single phone number (see above). But instead of including only one number, specify all of the numbers you'd like the message delivered to as a comma-separated list.
When you want to send a personalized message that follows a common pattern to several numbers, you can do that with the send_message
API call. Outline the template, like "Hello {{name}}"
, and then provide a JSON-formatted hash of phone numbers to the substitutions map, like "{'0123456789': {'name': 'Jack'}, …}"
. We will place your custom values for each number in the corresponding placeholders and deliver.
When you send a message, we return the ID of this message that you can use for your internal records, and for asking the delivery status of the message. Even though you will be notified through the callback when the status of the message changes, you can still ask the Service Layer for the status directly at any moment.
When the delivery status is reported or you get it back as the result of your direct query, it will be one of the following values:
-- Message is still in the queue and was not pushed to the mobile provider for delivery. This can happen when you've submitted the message for the future delivery or when the mobile provider hasn't confirmed that they've received the message from us. The latter happens periodically due to the asynchronous nature of SMS.1
-- Message was successfully delivered to the gateway and subsequently, the phone.2
-- Message was not delivered to the gateway or phone. Likely causes: either an unsupported carrier, land line or the phone has text messaging disabled.4
-- Message is queued for delivery on the mobile provider side. Sometimes recipients have no reception, their phones are off or the network is overloaded. The mobile provider reports that the message is received from us and that it's in the queue for delivery. There will be another status update soon after this one.SMS is innately stateless. When a message from a cell phone arrives, it's the Service Layer's responsibility to identify which application to send this message to. The Service Layer maintains a table of sessions (virtual links with phone numbers and applications). If there's a record for the cell phone number in question, it knows the application to send the message body to.
Once a user is in session with your application, you can treat a shared SMSC as though it were dedicated, with a wide-open keyword space. For instance, if you're building a chat application, there's no need for your users to memorize strange commands, like "reply to every message with MYCHATKEYWORD then your message," in order to send in free-form messages. Just initiate a session and let them text naturally.
If there's no record in the sessions table, the Service Layer takes the body of the message and attempts to find an application that is expecting something resembling that message body. For example, if your application is associated with the keyword Surf
, when a message with this body arrives, the Service Layer will establish a virtual link between the source phone number and your application. All of the following messages (no matter the content) from this phone number will be sent directly to your application until the session expires (based on
inactivity type) or until the phone number sends an opt-out message, such as STOP
For applications using dedicated SMSCs with one or many DIDs, all messages sent to those DIDs are automatically routed to the application.
Traditionally (insofar as SMS has traditions), keywords were the primary means of interacting with a text messaging system. A user can text in a predefined keyword to begin interacting with an automated system, to be routed to a specific application or person.
With our API, keywords are used to identify which application a user intends to talk to. Any application can have many keyword associations. All keywords can be matched in either Starts with
or Matches exactly
modes. We treat keywords as only the starting point for a truly functional SMS application.
You can have a completely open-ended application, on a dedicated SMSC, where all inbound messages arrive for you to parse. Or you can add structure, where users initiate conversations with your application by texting in a predefined keyword, so that you know what they intend to do and can then decide where to route them. On a shared SMSC, you'll need users to text into a keyword or initiate the conversation with an outbound message.
When a message arrives from a phone number with no active session, we scan it for keywords and see which application matches, create a session for it and send the message over.
Starts with
and Matches exactly
modes?Starts with
mode matches any keywords a user texts in that begins with the keyword you associate. For example, if you have a weather forecasting application, you may want to associate the keyword Forecast and set the mode to Starts with
. That will allow your users to send messages like Forecast Miami, Florida. The Service Layer will see your target keyword at the beginning, establish a session and send the whole message to your application
for processing.
Matches exactly
mode is used when the message is supposed to contain only the target keyword. It can have spaces and letters in mixed cases, but only this keyword will match and your application will be selected.
Note that keywords are case insensitive. Talk to us if you need more advanced tools, like RegEx-generated keywords.
and Auto-subscribe Tags
?If you have the Subscription Module enabled for your application, you can create keywords to automatically subscribe users. If you specify a list of tags, they will be used to tag the user when being subscribed through this keyword.
You can then send messages to groups of users by tags.
Don't start session
?Imagine that you have an app that just sends one-off responses, like weather forecasts for a given area or time table information for a particular station. You don't need to maintain a persistent session between the user and the application.
Another scenario is when your application sends alerts of different types and you want to minimize the implementation effort. For different keywords, you enable the auto-subscription feature (along with the Subscription Module) and auto-tag the users without creating a session.
Then, a user can send several keywords one after another and all you will need to do is to send messages to your subscribers filtered by tags.
?The auto-response is an automatic reply sent to users in response to a specific keyword. It can be used with the other options in different combinations. In the above scenario, the auto-response can be used to send confirmations back to the users saying that you've successfully subscribed them to your alerts.
This feature has a side-effect. If you use the Subscription Module in your application and the Auto-response for the keyword that has auto-subscription enabled, your users will receive at least two messages - one for your Auto-response and another one for the confirmation on successful subscription.
We say at least two messages, because there is a possible third message. If enabled, this could be the First-Timers Message when the user texts your system the first time. That's entirely optional, but helpful if you're building a system with deeper interaction, where you'd like to provide an introductory instructional message. Or, generally, if you'd like all first-time users to receive a piece of information that's most relevant at the beginning, like your contact information separate from the subscription welcome message.
There are three main modules that work together with an application -- the Welcome, Help and Subscription modules. Each of them has associated messages that can be customized or left blank, in which case nothing will be sent to the end user when triggered. We'll examine them in the following sections.
Every application can be configured to welcome its new users with a message. We know when it's the first time someone has texted you and can send a reply to them automatically, but we also allow you to provide your own content. Think of this welcome message as an optional additional message. You can leave it blank if you don't need it.
If your response to HELP message never changes, you may want to use our next module -- the Help Module. It will send an automatic response to anyone asking for help. If you leave this message blank, the help request will be sent to your application as any other message, with no automatic reply sent to the user.
We have two types of messages that work only when the Subscription Module is enabled:
Customize these messages to include a name and links to your web site.


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Hi Judy, As I was searching through the AARP site, I came across this discussion and in particular, your posts. I am right where you are. I have decided to consider retiring within the next few years and realized I don't know what I want or where I want to be. I agree that there is a great deal of information about financial planning, but I'm not finding much that is helpful in planning where to live, what sort of housing, etc. I don't know where to begin. When I try to see what is available, most housing sites ask for the city. I don't know what city or specific town. I'd love to search by state, but I'm not finding sites that will do that. I'd also like to read about the pros and cons of renting vs owning, condos vs private home, 50+ community vs age-diverse, etc. I'd love to find a discussion group. If you find one, please let me know! I'm in the Mid-Hudson Valley area of NY. Thanks, Sylvia
(Wow! I just noticed your post is dated from 'last' Summer!)
Sylvia ~ I've seen just a little of the Mid-Hudson Valley area; it's beautiful! I was there in the middle of the Summer; the weather was 'near perfect'. How are the Winters there? Lots of snow and ice, I'd imagine?
Good Luck in doing your research, networking, considering options, and ultimately deciding where you might like to live. As you well know, opinions of folks in other parts of the U.S. can sometimes be quite, quite different from opinions generally held by those in New York!
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In My Opinion
At What Point Does Social Media Make You Anti-Social…or Worse?
Twitter parties, Facebook communities, Google+ hangouts, Pinterest boards, and online chatrooms or forums – it sounds like social media is uniting millions of people, lost friends, and old classmates. Yet in all the vast technological communication, are we really that connected or are we just being isolated even more than before?
Maybe it is the endless parade of status updates, check-ins, picture-perfect pins and quirky tweets . Or maybe it is the unhealthy fascination we all have with comparing ourselves to others (and feeling like the grass is always greener on the other side). Maybe it is because the average person receives over 400 text messages a month and teens spend on average 11 hours a day on screen time, with over 3700 texts in a month.
As "social" as all these media outlets would have you believe, the truth is that it creates a sense of isolation, conformity, and an unrealistic expectation to live perfect lives in many of us. Sure, it is easier to just say that we are happy all the time, our kids are perfect, our marriages never end, our jobs are never terminated, our meals are all delicious and we have perfect shoes, but the reality is much different. Everyone fights with their spouse, yells at their kids, needs to fold the laundry, burns dinner and has dirty dishes. We aren't perfect – yet we try so hard to maintain that perception to our friends, old acquaintances, and people we barely know but feel the need to stay connected to.
In the vast array of "social media" you can be connected to thousands – even hundreds of thousands of people, but what does that really matter if you miss the connections to those closest to you?
What Makes Us Anti-Social?
When we value the media more than the real life interaction of networking with other people, we lose a sense of true community. How many times have you seen (or been a part of) a group of teens sitting around a lunch table texting, people taking pictures just to share on Facebook or Pinterest, or friends staring at their smartphones longer than at each other? And when that need to plug in, play games, or create buzz becomes greater than the need for each other, social disorders or mental illnesses can develop. The lure of the internet and the "social" networking included can be down-right addicting. Don't believe me? The new version of the DSM (the manual issued by the American Psychiatric Association) is due out next year and will include for the first time "Internet Addiction Disorder". There are horror stories around the world of parents neglecting children, teens killing their parents, and people displaying severe withdrawals when they are taken away from the internet. Clearly, this is becoming an issue for many people.
So where do we go with this information? We turn off the computer, the tablet, the smartphone, etc.
We unplug.
And we set limits for how much, not only our kids are exposed to this social interaction, but ourselves as well. I'm not saying it will be easy – as a small business owner who dives into social media every day, I know this will be challenging, to say the least. But the right way isn't always the easy way.
What do you think? Can social media make us anti-social or is it just the best way to connect with long-lost and new-found friends?


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It just needs to tailored more toward the handheld platform. All the links in the app take you to the dealer website.
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Great start
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