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Google wave starts rolling, picks up over 100,000 new riders
- unalone 17y agoI'm interested in who in this community got access. Perhaps start an invite circle? Or d'you think that's too informal for this community? (My email address is i.am@me.com, if this gets rolling.)
- chasingsparks 17y agoI did not get an invitation. If I do and an invite feature exists, I have no problem spending it on HN people.
- elblanco 17y agoI requested an invite on the first day and haven't yet gotten one. If you get a chance to spread the love that would fantastic and much appreciated.
- cpr 17y agoI got access a few weeks after the rollout at Google i/o.
- mikedouglas 17y agoGreat idea. mike.douglas <at> gmail
- ashleyw 17y agoSame, I'd love access too; my email is in my profile. :)
- abecedarius 17y agoSame here.
- LogicHoleFlaw 17y agoAs is mine.
- pohl 17y agoIf I get an invitation, I'll come back to this thread and spread the love. pohl.longsine [AT] gmail
- Markus 17y agoI'd love to try this out too. markaferguson on gmail.
- dfreidin 17y agoI'd like an invite too if I don't get one from Google, and my gmail username is daviddjf. However, as I pointed out earlier, the expansion isn't actually happening until tomorrow: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=850654 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=850654
- jedc 17y agoAlso keen. If I get an invite, I'll come back here to spread the love. If I don't, would appreciate one at jedchristiansen {at gmail}
- alanthonyc 17y agoMe too please! it's [hn user name] @ yahoo
- andreyf 17y agoIf I get one, I'll certainly come back and spread some invites. anfedorov@gmail.com is my address
- tortilla 17y agoThanks in advance :) username @ gmail.com
- spydez 17y ago[username] @ [username] .com Don't have an invite yet. I'll help out if I get one tomorrow.
- spydez 17y agoI got on Wave and sent out my invites. No need to send me one.
- jedediah 17y agoI'd be interested in joining such a circle. I'm jdhuntington at google's mail service.
- drusenko 17y agoagreed -- anybody who has spare invites, feel free to send one over to david -@- weebly.com
- misterbwong 17y agoI'd like to try this out as well. brwong [AT] g mail
- ALee 17y agoAndrew [] jamlegend would be greatly appreciative. I'll be indebted to you, meaning you can have couchspace, etc.
- blasdel 17y agoblasdelf [a] gmail.com
- tsg 17y agotobygee at google on the off-chance that anyone does have invites spare.
- sant0sk1 17y ago100,000 (no reason we should all strain our eyes to place that comma)
- FreeRadical 17y agoThanks and updated.
- calambrac 17y agoI have developer sandbox access, but I haven't seen anything about this rollout, nor have I gotten any invites to hand out. If/when I do, I'd be happy to share a few here.
- nissimk 17y agoI'd like a wave access invite please. I am nissimk here and on twitter and gmail. thx.
- dawie 17y agoI would love an invite: davidsmit at google's little mail service.
- dfreidin 17y agoI thought they weren't doing this expansion until tomorrow.
- dfreidin 17y agoLooks like I was right: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=850654 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=850654
- aik 17y agoI'd love to try this out as well. aikon3390 -at- google's mail.
- chasingsparks 17y agoWhy did someone just downvote everyone who made a request?
- axod 17y agoIt's not really making for an interesting conversation. (I didn't downmod). BTW I do think the title is a little misleading. "Picks up 100,000 new riders" makes you imagine they have got traction and 100k new users. The actual article states that they are opening it up to a further 100k users. Maybe they'll get 100k takers, but I don't think it's quite the same thing as already having the users. Clever PR though ;)
- sjs 17y agoThere are ~420 million people living in Canada (33), USA (304), UK (61), and Australia (21) according to Google's public data. If 1/40th of a percent of those are interested in Google Wave that's 100,000 people. Now think about the rest of the people around the globe that also speak English and would be interested. If they don't have 100,000 people lined up I would be extremely surprised. edit: Oh yes, and each of those 100,000 gets 8 invites. They should have a bare minimum of 100,000 active users and possibly closer to the half million mark. All speculation but it seems pretty reasonable to me.
- ashleyw 17y agoLikely so their request got higher on the list. :)
- param 17y agoFrom what I understood of the invite codes, only the direct invitees will have some invites (8). People who receive invites from friends will not get any. Therefore, the initial release is capped at 800,000 logins. Just wanted to clarify as some people are in the 'please invite me and i'll come back to spread some joy' mode.