chOpaal is a free group SMS service with the simple aim of creating a virtual forum over cellphones. Users tag their messages and send them to chOpaal which delivers them to the people who have joined those tags. This provides a cost-effective medium for social networking and micro-blogging over cellphones for people in Pakistan.
People use chOpaal to discuss interests and hobbies, share news, views and gossip, inform and update others, coordinate meetings and events or just chat with friends. Active users of chOpaal include societies like AIESEC, IEEE LUMS and RadioLUMS, sports teams like rugby, bball and girlsbball, and courses like CS295 and CS381. chOpaal has become a medium for exchange for the latest breakingnews, exchanging jokes and poetry, discussion of IPL and cricket, and alerts for Namaz and seminars. ManU and Arsenal supporters often fight over football matches. Groups of friends like sash, boyz and 108 have their own private talks. chOpaal has also been used for large conferences like YLES and Synergies.
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