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Invite codes worked fine for Gmail, but you weren't limited to only the people on Gmail to talk to. It was a full, regular email service. You could email anyone
by vel0city 11mo ago
Invite codes worked fine for Gmail, but you weren't limited to only the people on Gmail to talk to. It was a full, regular email service. You could email anyone and receive mail from anyone. I doubt it would have been very successful if it was invite only and you could only email other Gmail users for the first few years.
Waze was also invite-only, G+ was initially invite only. Did that model help or hurt them?
- kragen 11mo agoI think it helped them. Gmail had more trouble with invite codes because some people wanted a Gmail account, but didn't know any existing Gmail users, because Gmail was useful for communication with non-Gmail users. G+ didn't have that problem so much, but I don't remember it using invite codes.
- vel0city 11mo agoSorry, not Waze, Wave.