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I don't understand why it prompts me to invite other people after putting me in line. Why would I email/tweet my friends to join this service if it isn't even r

by sigmar 11y ago

I don't understand why it prompts me to invite other people after putting me in line. Why would I email/tweet my friends to join this service if it isn't even ready for me? Seems rude to bother a friend with joining an internet line just so that I can get a better position in the line. I love signal on android and have been looking forward to this, kind of rubs me the wrong way when I'm put in "line"

frayesto 11y ago
The app is still in beta testing. I think this is their way to drum up support. Forces all the die-hards who want in to try and get some people interested. An app like this is only as useful as the number of people who use it.
- JshWright 11y ago
  Invite them to... not use it? That seems like a solid way to turn people off from using a service, not a way get them excited about it.
  - jegutman 11y ago
    I don't feel strongly about the practice either way, but you're also indirectly prioritizing users who are most willing to share the product. So they're hoping their early users are also those most willing to spread. The "connectors" of the products ecosystem.
    - JshWright 11y ago
      You're prioritizing users who are willing to spam their friends about a product they can't even use. I would be _far_ more likely to tell my friends about the product if I could actually use it and be able to vouch for it (as I have with the mobile version of TextSecure/Signal). Forcing me to get my friends to visit a page where they will find out about an application they can't even use is just annoying.
- Tyr42 11y ago
  Ya, but it could go the way of Wave by not actually having people use it too.
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kazazes 11y ago
In the same vein, the signup form allows you to trivially tell who and roughly when someone has signed up for the beta.
JshWright 11y ago
> kind of rubs me the wrong way when I'm put in "line" Made even more fun by the fact that unless you spam your friends with a useless link, you get to watch the number of people ahead of you climb. I started out at ~600, and now I'm at ~1200.
lockyc 11y ago
I think it might be related to a restriction google groups has (https://twitter.com/liliakai/status/672219521654980608 https://twitter.com/liliakai/status/672219521654980608) "Waiting for Signal Desktop beta access? Know any googlers who can lift the 100-person daily limit on google group invites?"

by sigmar 11y ago

frayesto 11y ago

The app is still in beta testing. I think this is their way to drum up support. Forces all the die-hards who want in to try and get some people interested. An app like this is only as useful as the number of people who use it.

JshWright 11y ago
Invite them to... not use it? That seems like a solid way to turn people off from using a service, not a way get them excited about it.
- jegutman 11y ago
  I don't feel strongly about the practice either way, but you're also indirectly prioritizing users who are most willing to share the product. So they're hoping their early users are also those most willing to spread. The "connectors" of the products ecosystem.
  - JshWright 11y ago
    You're prioritizing users who are willing to spam their friends about a product they can't even use. I would be _far_ more likely to tell my friends about the product if I could actually use it and be able to vouch for it (as I have with the mobile version of TextSecure/Signal). Forcing me to get my friends to visit a page where they will find out about an application they can't even use is just annoying.
Tyr42 11y ago
Ya, but it could go the way of Wave by not actually having people use it too.

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kazazes 11y ago

In the same vein, the signup form allows you to trivially tell who and roughly when someone has signed up for the beta.

JshWright 11y ago

> kind of rubs me the wrong way when I'm put in "line" Made even more fun by the fact that unless you spam your friends with a useless link, you get to watch the number of people ahead of you climb. I started out at ~600, and now I'm at ~1200.

lockyc 11y ago

I think it might be related to a restriction google groups has (https://twitter.com/liliakai/status/672219521654980608 https://twitter.com/liliakai/status/672219521654980608) "Waiting for Signal Desktop beta access? Know any googlers who can lift the 100-person daily limit on google group invites?"