GroupMe: GroupMe Functionality Issues
GroupMe is experiencing significant functionality issues, as users report persistent errors and failures despite attempts to resolve them. This has led to widespread dissatisfaction with the platform.
8 different people have complained about this since 22 Sept 2026, most recently on 22 Sept 2026.
- “I tried everything and it still does not work.”
- “Hi I’m trying to sign up and create an account for group me but it keeps saying my phone number isn’t activated but it is and I think your app is broken”
- “The three first letters are (939) please fix this.”
8 people in 8 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 8 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 8 people using GroupMe
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work13% of posts
- How bad
- 100% of posts are complaints · pain score low (34/100)
- Since
- 22 Sept 2026 → 22 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- GroupMe
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“I tried everything and it still does not work.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint8100%
Sources
8 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
…was going great like three days ago. Then it randomly signed me out. I tried everything and it still does not work. For some reason it is telling me my phone number is not valid?? And yes i have double checked many times. I’ve tried to sign in using apple, Email and it tells me the same thing. My phone number is not…
Doesn't workGroupMe — Won’t let me join Hi I’m trying to sign up and create an account for group me but it keeps saying my phone number isn’t activated but it is and I think your app is broken
Strong complaint…er, it stated the country isn’t supported yet. But I live in America. The three first letters are (939) please fix this.
GroupMe — this app sucks — whenever I try to add my phone number to activate my account it just says phone number was not activated and wont let me sign up
GroupMe — Unable to create account — I’ve been trying to create an account for the past few days but it doesn’t work, whenever I put in my phone number it doesn’t generate the pin
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 34.6 → 34.5 · 15 Oct 2026, 00:00 → 01:15 UTC
How the score was measured39 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is GroupMe Functionality Issues a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 8 different people described it independently, in 8 mentions, the earliest from 22 Sept 2026 and the most recent from 22 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 40/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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