It seems that all the participants need to have in common is the same 10 out of 11 digits of their mobile phone numbers.
"Text door neighbor" is the new mobile phone game in which people send text messages to numbers which have the same phone number as theirs apart from the last one, which could be lower, or higher.
OMG! That escalated quickly! #textdoorneighbour pic.twitter.com/qTutKuiRsC
— Matt Mackay (@MattMackayDJ) January 5, 2016
And #textdoorneighbour yields some interesting results on social media. Unsurprisingly, not everyone wants to receive text messages from a complete stranger.
I got a reply from my #textdoorneighbour but they didn't really want to chat so I'll try the other side pic.twitter.com/rlLBoMnAbW
— matthew surman (@SurmanMatthew) January 5, 2016
AMAZING! @NickHill0805 has done #TextDoorNeighbour and got a reply!!! AMAZING! ☺️ pic.twitter.com/oh0rQAeXCE
— Heart South West (@heartsouthwest) January 6, 2016
While others appear to be quite happy about it.
My #textdoorneighbour is a legend! We are quickly becoming #BFFs pic.twitter.com/YbFWGD27TD
— Kel Tahir (@kelboy123) January 5, 2016
And for some, it simply doesn't work…
I must live in a field:/ #textdoorneighbour pic.twitter.com/LMg6Yur4eK
— Ricky Butcher (@WhereIDraw) January 6, 2016
So, instead of meeting a potential friend and exchanging numbers to stay in touch, #textdoorneighbor allows people to bypass old-fashioned acquaintance-making, whilst finding new text pals… or enemies.
