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1) Give them your email. 2) They tell you, "Want an invite? Invite more friends!" Even for a legitimate product, this approach makes it feel like a scam.
by synnik 15y ago
1) Give them your email.
2) They tell you, "Want an invite? Invite more friends!"
Even for a legitimate product, this approach makes it feel like a scam.
- madmaze 15y agoagreed, though its a great way to get the word out. Posted it in an IRC channel and got 22 people to sign up in about 10 mins hehe, thought i did get a few people feeling like they got scamed aswell
- wooyi 15y agoThis is a legit product, and it's not a scam. The reason we want people to sign up is to show that the idea has demand. This is important for us to validate our own efforts as well as to show our stakeholders that people are interested in the idea.
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- chollida1 15y agoI think the point people here are trying to drive home to you is that if you want people to risk their reputation by recommending your product to their friends then you need to let them use it first. it's like a chef saying, "sure i'll cook at your private event. But first you have to recommend me to all of your friends." What if the product is awful, why risk your reputation? Atleast give us something to try out first:)
- wooyi 15y agoThat's a good point... we are using Launchrock's default settings to figure out how to send out invites. I've also been asking people who don't want to share to DM or tweet us at @vizualizeme if they want super early access. Everyone will get a beta invite eventually, though
- positr0n 15y agoAs a counter data point to what most people here are saying, I didn't have a problem with the sign up process :)
- Harkins 15y agoThey're using LaunchRock. I think this brand of scammy must be some kind of default setting, I've seen it a number of times.
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