FAQs
Navigating the Factum Journey
When you first open Factum you will see a Story Mix playing in the app home, it's made up of all the group stories from all the groups you’re a member of. As new group stories are added through each day you will see them playing in full screen behind the Group sheet, use this sheet to create or navigate to groups. Dismiss the group list by swiping down and sit back and celebrate the achievements of all the groups you’re a member of!
While in the app Home you can also access the settings (top right) and calendar view of all the events you have taken part of - perfect to find the photos from a past event easily.
A group consists of members, group chat, group stories and events.
We’re all about achieving things together and nothing says that more than groups. At the heart of Factum is groups and the groups you’re a member of. Think of a group the same as that WhatsApp group you organize the Saturday morning run or ride with but so much more!
Congratulations! You have watched all the group stories from all your groups, as new group stories are created you will see them turn up here.
Swipe the group list up from the bottom of the screen whilst watching the Story Mix so you can head over to one of your groups or create a new one.
Swipe the group list up from the bottom of the screen whilst watching the Story Mix. From here you can create a new group, invite friends or navigate to existing groups you are a member of.
If you are watching a group story you can also tap the group profile picture in the upper left corer to jump to that group
Tap on a group and you are brought to the Group Home, this is the hub of your community and where you can see whats been going on at a glance.
Upper right menu: Manage your group and invite others to join via links or QR code
Chat Updates: The green box provides the latest instant message in chat, tap to bring up the full chat interface for the group. Hang out with your group!
Group Stories: Tap here and upload some photos/videos of you latest group activity together, after a few days you can see a carousel of all previous Group Stories
Upcoming Events: Lastly the lower of Group Home is where you can add an event for the group, see whats coming and tap in for details or swipe up to see the history events
To help groups organise Factum allows you to create events, vote on them, track attendance, view weather forecasts plus receive updates and notifications.
Instant messaging similar to WhatsApp is part of every Factum group. As we evolve the Factum App we will also do the same for instant messaging.
You can access messages from each group you are a member of from each group home page at the top. You will notice the last message sent to the group as the preview.
Currently we don't support the uploading of video into instant messaging (photos are fine). We do support links to videos on YouTube and other services though which will render a preview thumbnail. If the video is that good add it to a Group Story!