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

[Bill F]

I agree with this approach. That way there's no limit to the usercount to be
added.

Does everyone agree? I'll steal Ilya's form and use it instead of the one
I'm using.

B.


On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Ilya Sytchev <ilyas at mit.edu> wrote:

> 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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