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

[Bill F]

Use the form, Reid... Use the form...

Don't be afraid to make a copy of the html form and show us exactly what you
mean or change that one. Wiki history is a great way to compare and contrast
revisions.

I think having a good trail of concrete pages and forms when we have access
to a wiki where we can do this helps me in implementing. If something is so
broken that I can't make it work, I'll let you know why.

Email is a good way to push us to something but it's cool to see something
like the form Ilya sent. Not only does it give all of us a clear pircute, I
can literally use it as the form to code to.

Just my thoughts.

Thanks for the comments!

Bill Flanagan



On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Reid Williams <enobarber at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree. I'd also add empty space between a form textbox and the following
> text.
>
> -reid
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> On Feb 25, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Ricardo Vidal wrote:
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> 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.
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Ilya Sytchev <ilyas at mit.edu> wrote:
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> > 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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