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

[Reid Williams]

done: http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Reidw/Tmp


On Feb 25, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Bill F wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 25, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Ricardo Vidal wrote:
>>
>> 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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