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You still need to get an invite / a waitlist to register or am I missing something ? I don't know how you can expect people to make the move when they're not e

by lairv 3y ago

You still need to get an invite / a waitlist to register or am I missing something ? I don't know how you can expect people to make the move when they're not even able to sign in

brundolf 3y ago
All my twitter friends got invite codes through other friends pretty quickly (days or weeks), many people now have such a glut of codes that they're throwing them at whoever asks. I've got like 10 myself and nobody left to give them to Obviously they need to drop the invite system at some point (and I am surprised it's been this long), but it's not the reason a given subcommunity didn't make the jump
- EstanislaoStan 3y ago
  Could I get a Bluesky invite, by chance?
  - greeneggs 3y ago
    bsky-social-mjs72-44f7v bsky-social-hqjo5-ylied bsky-social-vjfij-soadz bsky-social-qmeyu-jwmds bsky-social-2joo4-sjp5p
    - brainchild-adam 3y ago
      Thank you!
jakebsky 3y ago
There is still a waitlist but we're working hard to open things up ASAP. Some people will never believe it, but the waitlist was never intended as a growth hack. It was purely an attempt to keep the network healthy and the servers from catching on fire as we iterated on the app itself. For devs that want to experiment, we've had a special waitlist for a while: https://atproto.com/blog/call-for-developers https://atproto.com/blog/call-for-developers
- slimsag 3y ago
  Loving bluesky so far, thanks for making it. Honestly it's the best competitor to Twitter I have seen so far, and after looking at the company / job listings and seeing how incredibly focused you are on the UI/UX aspects.. it seems an incredibly compelling product vision / company. Kudos. As an aside, do you have any plans to make your choices of domain names / branding less confusing / sketchy looking? (bsky.app, blueskyweb.xyz, bsky.social for user names, 'Bluesky Social' on the app store, etc)
  - jakebsky 3y ago
    Thank you! And yeah, the goal is to bring an open social media protocol to everyone in a way that feels familiar and easy. The social media problems we face are societal and most of society is non-technical. The domain situation is unfortunate and confusing. We don't have any immediate solution but agree it's a problem.
- pfraze 3y ago
  not only was it not a growth hack, I've been shocked it didn't kill all of our growth. it was done purely out of necessity
- ziml77 3y ago
  What's wild is that the same people who call it a growth hack also acknowledge that the waitlist isn't limiting growth and overall interest.
- CraftingLinks 3y ago
  Amateurs. you guys blew a once in a life time. Invites/waitlist... For a social media app. Seen it before with that other app who's name I forgot about.
  - wlonkly 3y ago
    Livejournal?
- d3w4s9 3y ago

by lairv 3y ago

You still need to get an invite / a waitlist to register or am I missing something ? I don't know how you can expect people to make the move when they're not even able to sign in

brundolf 3y ago

All my twitter friends got invite codes through other friends pretty quickly (days or weeks), many people now have such a glut of codes that they're throwing them at whoever asks. I've got like 10 myself and nobody left to give them to Obviously they need to drop the invite system at some point (and I am surprised it's been this long), but it's not the reason a given subcommunity didn't make the jump

EstanislaoStan 3y ago
Could I get a Bluesky invite, by chance?
- greeneggs 3y ago
  bsky-social-mjs72-44f7v bsky-social-hqjo5-ylied bsky-social-vjfij-soadz bsky-social-qmeyu-jwmds bsky-social-2joo4-sjp5p
  - brainchild-adam 3y ago
    Thank you!

jakebsky 3y ago

There is still a waitlist but we're working hard to open things up ASAP. Some people will never believe it, but the waitlist was never intended as a growth hack. It was purely an attempt to keep the network healthy and the servers from catching on fire as we iterated on the app itself. For devs that want to experiment, we've had a special waitlist for a while: https://atproto.com/blog/call-for-developers https://atproto.com/blog/call-for-developers

slimsag 3y ago
Loving bluesky so far, thanks for making it. Honestly it's the best competitor to Twitter I have seen so far, and after looking at the company / job listings and seeing how incredibly focused you are on the UI/UX aspects.. it seems an incredibly compelling product vision / company. Kudos. As an aside, do you have any plans to make your choices of domain names / branding less confusing / sketchy looking? (bsky.app, blueskyweb.xyz, bsky.social for user names, 'Bluesky Social' on the app store, etc)
- jakebsky 3y ago
  Thank you! And yeah, the goal is to bring an open social media protocol to everyone in a way that feels familiar and easy. The social media problems we face are societal and most of society is non-technical. The domain situation is unfortunate and confusing. We don't have any immediate solution but agree it's a problem.
pfraze 3y ago
not only was it not a growth hack, I've been shocked it didn't kill all of our growth. it was done purely out of necessity
ziml77 3y ago
What's wild is that the same people who call it a growth hack also acknowledge that the waitlist isn't limiting growth and overall interest.
CraftingLinks 3y ago
Amateurs. you guys blew a once in a life time. Invites/waitlist... For a social media app. Seen it before with that other app who's name I forgot about.
- wlonkly 3y ago
  Livejournal?
d3w4s9 3y ago