Ephemeral Groups
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Ephemeral Groups are used to chat among an arbitrary group of users without forming a formal group.
To create an Ephemeral Group:
- Join one of the ephemeral groups, ephemeral_1, ephemeral_2 or ephemeral_3. They are open enrollment, so they can be joined immediately.
- Open Search box in viewer
- Click on Groups tab
- Fill in ephemeral in the search box and click Search button
- Select which of the 3 you want to join (you can join them all, it really doesn't matter which)
- Click the Join button
- Open one of those groups for chatting.
- Enter the command @open <ephemeralgroupname> <optionalpassword>
- You should see an acknowledgement that the ephemeral group is created.
- Invite others to join via IM. You will have to give them the <ephemeralgroupanem> and <optionalpassword>.
- You should see a message as each person joins.
- Chat away ...
- When done, enter the @leave command and the others will see that you have left.
- You can either close the ephemeral_<n> screen or use it to access another ephemeral group.
If someone invites you to join an Ephemeral Group:
- Join one of the ephemeral groups, ephemeral_1, ephemeral_2 or ephemeral_3. They are open enrollment, so they can be joined immediately.
- Open Search box in viewer
- Click on Groups tab
- Fill in ephemeral in the search box and click Search button
- Select which of the 3 you want to join (you can join them all, it really doesn't matter which)
- Click the Join button
- Open one of those groups for chatting.
- Enter the command @join <ephemeralgroupname> <optionalpassword> using the values the person gave you in the invitation.
- You should see and acknowledgement that you have joined the group.
- A message will be presented to the others in the group announcing that you have joined.
- You will see messages indicating when others join.
- Chat away ...
- When done, enter the @leave command and the others will see that you have left.
- You can either close the ephemeral_<n> screen or use it to access another ephemeral group.
The Ephemeral Group will be deleted when the last person leaves.
Rules:
- You can use any of the ephemeral_1, _2 or _3 to access ephemeral groups, as long as you aren't already using it for another ephemeral group. All people in the ephemeral group do not need to use the same ephemeral_1, _2 or _3 group.
- You can be a permanent member of each of ephemeral_1, ephemeral_2 and ephemeral_3. This will allow you to be a member of up to 3 ephemeral groups as a time.
- All chat lines beginning with @ will be interpreted as a command. All chat lines not beginning with @ will be treated as chat text.
- You remain part of the group from either the @open or @join command until the @leave command. You remain part of the group even if logged out but you will not get any messages while logged out.
Commands:
- @help - displays a simple help message
- @join <ephemeralgroupname> <optionalpassword> - join an existing ephemeral group
- <ephemeralgroupname> : name of the ephemeral group you want to join
- <optionalpassword> : password the group was created with if any
- @leave - leave the ephemeral group
- @open - create a new ephemeral group and join it
- <ephemeralgroupname> : name of the ephemeral group you want to join
- <optionalpassword> : password the group was created with if any
- @who - list who is currently in the ephemeral group