Zazyvala Tag Bot 9: Call Everyone

In a group of two hundred people, an important announcement drowns within ten minutes. Some members have muted the chat, others have not looked at it for days. Zazyvala tag bot 9 fixes that with one command: it mentions the members of your chat so that each of them gets a notification. 📣

Below you will find how to connect the bot, what its commands do, and how to use mass calls without getting your friends to mute you.

One command instead of manual mentions

Typing out mentions by hand in a big chat is slow and boring. The bot takes this over: you write /all and it calls the group's participants.

It helps with gathering for a game, shared deadlines in a study group, work calls and weekend meetups.

Connected in two minutes

1. Add the bot to the group you need.
2. Give it administrator rights. Without them the call will not work.
3. Write the /all command in the group and wait for the bot to answer.
4. Check that members actually received the mentions.

Administrator rights let the bot see who is in the chat. Grant only what is needed, there is no reason to hand over extra permissions. 🔧

What the other commands do

• /help: a short reference to the bot's features.
• /language: the language used in your private chat with the bot.
• /unreg: leave the call in all chats where the bot is connected. Handy if you are tired of the notifications.
• /changeme: change the call sign you are summoned by in all chats.
• /premium: information about paid options, if you want them.

Check the terms of the paid part directly in the bot: they can change, so look before you pay anything.

Call signs and the right to opt out

A good idea in this bot: every member has a call sign and can leave the call list. That removes the main complaint about such tools, which is people being summoned against their wishes.

If you keep getting called and do not want it, message the bot privately and send /unreg. If you want a more fun name, change it with /changeme. 😄

How not to become the chat's top spammer

Calling everybody at once is a loud tool. A member gets a notification even with regular messages muted, because mentions often break through silence.

• Only for real reasons: a meetup, an urgent announcement, a vote with a deadline.
• A clear first line: say why you are calling, so people do not have to guess.
• No more often than needed: two calls in an hour annoy more than one long post.
• Agree on rules: pin a note saying who may use the command and when.

Which chats get the most out of it

Gaming groups, study groups, neighborhood chats, work teams and family groups. Anywhere people have different activity levels but a shared goal of meeting up or settling a question.

In very small chats the bot adds little: a couple of manual mentions is quicker. In public communities with thousands of members, limit mass calls, otherwise they feel like spam. 💬

Safety and privacy

An administrator is a sensitive role in a chat, so connect the bot only to groups whose settings you trust. Review what the bot is allowed to do and remove any rights that a call does not need.

If the bot ever stops replying, do not panic: services with a large audience are sometimes overloaded. Wait a little and repeat the command later.