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| General | |
|---|---|
| Text command | Result |
| HELP | Provides general help. |
| COMMANDS | Provides help on what commands are available, etc. |
| Checking In | |
| @address,city state | Checks you in at the specified address
Example: @2911 Walnut St, Denver, CO |
| ?business name | Find a business to check in at. Based on your last checked in location.
Example: ?Starbucks |
| JOIN username | Checks you in at the same location as the specified user. |
| Posting | |
| SAY message | Posts a note to your current place. |
| ! message | Shortcut "SAY" for posting a note at a place |
| POSTPHOTO | Gets instructions on how to post a photo to your current place. |
| Places | |
| NOTES | Lists notes posted at your current place. |
| PHOTOS | Lists photos posted at your current place. |
| WHO | Lists any other users checked in at your current place. |
| PASTVISITORS | Lists users that have previously checked in at your current place. |
| MARK placemark | Gives your current place the specified placemark. |
| UNMARK placemark | Deletes the specified placemark. |
| LEAVE | Checks you out from your current place. |
| Users & friends | |
| MSG username message | Sends a direct message to the specified user. |
| M username message | Shortcut for "MSG". Sends direct message to a specified user |
| FRIEND username | Sends a friend request to the specified user. |
| UNFRIEND username | Unfriends the specified user. |
| BLOCK username | Blocks the specified user and prevents them from seeing your checkins or posts. |
| UNBLOCK username | Unblocks the specified user. |
| NUDGE username | Sends a message to the specified user encouraging them to check in. |
| WHERE username | Finds out where the specified user is currently checked in. |
| WHEREAMI | Tells you where you're currently checked in. |
| PROFILE username | Gets the specified user's profile. |
| SETPROFILE text | Sets your profile to the specified text. |
| NAME username | Changes your username. |
| Privacy & notifications | |
| PUBLIC | Sets your privacy mode to public. |
| PRIVATE | Sets your privacy mode to private. |
| ON | Turns notifications on. |
| OFF | Turns notifications off. |
| NN | Show current nearby notification settings. |
| NN ON | Turn on nearby notifications. |
| NN OFF | Turn off nearby notifications. |
| NN ALL | Set nearby notifications to apply to all activity within nearby radius. |
| NN FRIENDS | Set nearby notifications to only apply to friend activity within nearby radius. |
| NN CLOSE | Set nearby notifications radius to 20 meters. |
| NN BLOCK | Set nearby notifications radius to 200 meters. |
| NN NEIGHBORHOOD | Set nearby notifications radius to 2000 meters. |
| NN AREA | Set nearby notifications radius to 4000 meters. |
| Canceling your account | |
| STOP | Disables your account and asks you to confirm before deleting. |
NOTE: Verizon does not currently support Brightkite SMS.
It is not our fault, they have not approved Brightkite on their network yet. You may want to try Verizon customer support with a request to support us.
Many Verizon users have been using Brightkite via mobile email. Mobile email works exactly the same way as the SMS interface. Put the command in the body, just be sure that the email is plain text, and that you don't have any interfering email signatures. You can't send a photo and check in at the same time (yet).