[OWW-Discuss] Invite someone to join OpenWetWare...

[Bill F]

1. I'll add multiple email address slots.
2. I'll drop the user name.
3. I'll add a line for them to add a comment.


On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Jason Kelly <jasonk at mit.edu> wrote:

> > F. Should we allow for sending invitations to more than one person? We
> can
> > do a whole lab if we want; I'm current;y taking in just one name.
>
> >   They probably can just send it to a mailing list.
>
> I think it would be nice to list multiple addresses in case you want
> to invite a few of your friends.  Also, not sure why they need to put
> in the name of the invitee, email address should be enough.
>
> cool, this is a great addition for outreach / recruitment.
>
> thanks,
> jason
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> >  > 3. The person who invited the user currently isn't being sent. I
> think this
> >  > may be important; I've added support for it but I have a few
> questions.
> >  >
> >  > A. Should people need to be logged in to send the message?
> >
> >     Definitely. Avoid being a spam relay.
> >
> >
> >  > B. Should the name of the member be included in the message?
> >
> >     Yes. That's much more likely to get a response.
> >
> >
> >  > C. Where should we put the button or label to send the invitation?
> >
> >     Maybe on the how to join page.
> >
> >
> >  > D. Should we record the invite and then send a message to the person
> who
> >  > submitted the invitation when the invitee registers?
> >
> >     That might be difficult to tell unless you have some unique cookie
> >     or something for them to accept the invitation. It would be easier
> >     to do the reverse and have a field on registration that has the
> >     inviter's user name. Even better, it should be possible to
> >     generate a link that when clicked, pre-fills out the registration
> >     form with various items (such as inviter's name, maybe the lab,
> etc.)
> >
> >
> >  > E. Should we allow the person submitting the invitation to add an
> additional
> >  > comment?
> >
> >     Can't think of why not.
> >
> >
> >  > F. Should we allow for sending invitations to more than one person?
> We can
> >  > do a whole lab if we want; I'm current;y taking in just one name.
> >
> >     They probably can just send it to a mailing list.
> >
> >
> >  > G. Should we offer to cc: the message sent out to the person sending
> the
> >  > invitation?
> >
> >     Sure why not.
> >
> >
> >  > Recording the invitation isn't a lot more effort to implement and
> would make
> >  > for a way to let users know we appreciate their efforts. It also
> gives us
> >  > quantitative info on who's being invited and how often the inviation
> is
> >  > acted upon.
> >
> >     Might as well record it if possible.
> >
> >     I think we need to implement a karma system. 'Worthless' numbers
> >     indicating the value of a member is surprisingly good at
> >     motivating people to do things in communities. We can do something
> >     like the weighted sum of:
> >     - number of invited people
> >     - total number of edits
> >     - number of articles created
> >     - number of emails sent to discuss mailing list
> >     - etc.
> >
> >  --
> >  Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899
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