Kruger Park Sightings IPHONE IPAD APP

[Penga Ndlovu]

I have been thinking about this and there’s one way to turn it into a positive:

Encourage all those that receive and post sighting updates to also post speeding, suspect activity, rule breakers, etc.

The auto update gang could police themselves and it could make KNP a better place as all types of issues could be reported

Yeah.

Did that while touring around Skukuza with the gang 2 weeks ago.
mr. Mabunda himself overtook us at 70kms an hour while going to our meet with BC and the gang and I reported that "sighting" on the Kruger sightings Whatssapp group.

This is what I received back:

"This sight is for sightings only and if we continue this we will be reported to the sightingsboard and Sanparks will shut us down."

[Flutterby]

Seriously???

[Bushcraft]

How is Sanparks going to shut down Whatsapp

Technology is unstoppable, so it should be used for good, not just sightings.

I have already seen speeding and people out their cars on the “Kruger National Park Sightings” and it raised plenty interest from those members

[Theuns]

I was thinking of joining Whatsapp, by after reading about this total chaos I think I will skip it!

[Sprocky]

Whatsapp is different, we are talking about a dedicated sightings app. I have the app on my iPhone, but have never used it to get to a sighting. It would just make my blood boil.

[Richprins]

Interestingly, we forced frewells to join the BBM group on a men's trip last year...and he got hammered by requests and the like for the whole day!...so unsubscribed!


But still, I don't see the problem with the bigger picture...use it/don't use it?

My personal opinion!

[Dewi]

It's not the sharing of information that's being discussed though, I like information and welcome the use of it, even though I don't subscribe. It's how some people behave once they have the information that's the problem.

[Richprins]

They behave badly once at the sighting anyway, I suppose?

Whether they arrived there via BBM...who knows?


People have always been shouting about sightings at picnic spots etc.

[iNdlovu]

Shouting about sightings at a picnic spot is nothing compared to thousands of people getting BBM's about a sighting RP. The potential for chaos is multiplied a hundred fold. I'm quite sure many people who now see nothing wrong with the BBM issue complained bitterly about the OSV's and their 2-way communication, where as this new phenomenon is 1 thousand times worse.

[Lisbeth]

and we can do nothing to stop it It is not even nice to have all this information. It takes the whole pleasure away from a drive looking for animals and the adrenalin rush when you find something special by chance all by yourself!!
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