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

[Ricardo Vidal]

Ilya,

I prefer Ilya's option. As long as the field for emails doesn't break if an
address is not introduced properly among others that are.



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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