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

[Ilya Sytchev]

I think we need a simpler form.  Here's a mock up of what I have in mind 
(fields borrowed from pandora.com):

http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Ilya/Sandbox


Jason Kelly 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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