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I just wish they would get rid of the invite widget. It served a purpose when Gmail was invite only but now it just wastes space.
by RexRollman 15y ago
I just wish they would get rid of the invite widget. It served a purpose when Gmail was invite only but now it just wastes space.
- MikeCapone 15y agoI agree, but I wonder if they keep it because it still gets lot of action for some reason (less computer savvy users see it and think 'great, I'll invite Bob!'?).
- nikcub 15y agoI still use it all the time to convert people to gmail. In the past month alone I have converted 10+ people, mostly non-tech (ie. parents, brothers, godparents etc.) Google are very analytics driven in product design, if it wasn't being used and wasn't serving a purpose, I believe they would have removed it already or freed up that real estate for something else
- smokinn 15y agoIf Google was that analytics driven they would get rid of it for people that don't use it. I haven't used it since gmail was in beta, I definitely haven't used it for at least 5+ years. And yet it's still there.
- Andrenid 15y agoIf you "Invite" people they don't need to do the captcha or verification, Gmail "trusts" them to be human because they got referred by an existing user.
- RexRollman 15y agoI didn't know that. Thanks for your response.