In SCRUFF Chat, you can quickly and easily exchange text, photos, videos, GIFs and location with other SCRUFF members.
For more details on how to use SCRUFF Chat features & functions, tap a feature below to expand and learn more:
VIEW CHAT FROM A PROFILE
VIEW CHAT FROM GRIDS (thumbnail)
SEND A MESSAGE
To take a new photo, tap the camera icon in chat. Tap
to switch between front and rear-facing cameras and
to adjust the flash.
Tap to take a photo. Tap < back to retake photo or to download it to your camera roll.
Swipe or tap Send photo to keep the photo in the chat or Send disappearing photo to let the recipient view it once. Tap the button with the recipient's profile thumbnail or placeholder to send the photo.
To take a new video, tap the camera icon in chat. Tap
to switch between front and rear-facing cameras and
to adjust the flash.
Tap and hold the button to take a video up to 10 seconds. Tap < back to retake video, to download it to your camera roll or
to mute audio.
Swipe or tap Send photo to keep the photo in the chat or Send disappearing photo to let the recipient view it once. Tap the button with the recipient's profile thumbnail or placeholder to send the photo.
** Available to SCRUFF Pro members only
Start friendly conversations with lots of guys even faster with Frequent Phrases! SCRUFF learns and suggests the phrases you use the most, which you can send with just a tap.
SCRUFF will learn the phrases you use most (3 or more times) and add them to Frequent Phrases to send quickly with just a tap. Although Frequent Phrase are suggested based on phrases you type in chat, they are not the same as the auto-suggest feature from your keyboard, which only suggests single words.
To learn more about Frequent Phrases, tap HERE.
Pro members can load their most recent 1,000 messages in their inbox and full conversation history in chat with another member. Conversations that have been manually cleared will no longer be available in your history.
Clears your message history with a member you've chatted with. Note that clearing message bubbles within a chat will not delete the conversation from your inbox.
SINGLE MESSAGE VIA CHAT
SINGLE MESSAGE VIA INBOX
Clear unread messages (PRO)
Have too many Unread messages? As a Pro subscriber, you can you can mark them all as read with a few easy steps. This cannot be undone, use with caution.
Archiving a chat thread is way to remove it from view in your inbox without deleting any of the messages. This is similar to how hiding a profile simply removes it from view in the grids.
An archived chat will reappear in Messages once you or the other member sends another message (text, media, location).
The option to review a list of your archived chats is not currently available.
Archive a message
Save to scruff album
Copy the contents of a text message
Long-press the chat bubble and select Copy from the context menu that appears.
Unsend messages
To unsend a message from within a conversation, please see the following steps:Chat text
Photo, video, location or GIFs
Note
Delivery Confirmation & Undelivered Messages
After sending a message, SCRUFF checks to see if it has reached the server. Once it reaches the server, a will appear next to a message to confirm that it has been received and will be delivered to the recipient as soon as possible.
At this time, there is no indicator to show that the recipient has received or read your message.
If the delivery confirmation check mark does not appear within a short period of time, a will appear and the message bubble will turn red to indicate that the message could not be delivered.
This means that the message was not able to reach our servers and is present ONLY on your device. You will also be notified of undelivered messages by a notice. Tapping presents the option to resend the message.
There are three primary causes of undelivered messages:
SCRUFF Enhancements