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The deeper message "invites should go out to social circles" is spot on. Gmail's rollout policy worked because our network was already accessible (via other em
by wavesplash 17y ago
The deeper message "invites should go out to social circles" is spot on. Gmail's rollout policy worked because our network was already accessible (via other email providers).
For something inherently social without a pre-seeded network like wave, it only makes sense to roll it out to social clusters.
- seldo 17y agoCan you think of a better mechanism for seeding a finite number of slots to social clusters than giving everybody X invites to share? From what I hear, the people at the start of the chain have nearly all of their friends on Wave, while the people at the edges (us) have only 10 or so at the moment. As more invites go out the system will get more useful for us Although I have many questions as to the actual utility of wave, I don't think the invitation mechanism is really at fault.
- wmf 17y agoThere was some confusion since Gmail invites take effect immediately but Wave invites just put people on a waiting list; this turned out to be not as bad as it sounds since apparently the waiting list is moving pretty fast. Even a few days delay to get your team on Wave is disappointing some people, though.