I'm also really keen on getting into G+. There are a lot of great things about it, judging from the demo, but it's a shame it's so exclusive right now. I hope it's just a marketing ploy, rather than a technical fear. If the service isn't reliable--or has a reputation as such--it has no chance of competing with Facebook.
[REDACTED] if anyone's interested in inviting a stranger.
Edit: Fixed a typo (repeated word).
Edit 2: Invited. Thanks!
I'm downvoting anyone that posts their email address. The -4 I take from this is going to look a lot like an army of musketeers going up against a M134
Anyone else find it annoying if you use google apps for your email? Going to http://www.google.com/+ gives the message
"Google Profiles is not available for your organisation".
Guess I'll just have to wait as creating a profile just for Google+ does not interest me at all.
I wonder if they're limiting invite rates for technical reasons, or if it's just a marketing ploy - to make Google+ more desirable because of exclusivity. (Wasn't that the original catch for Facebook?)
I don't know what their reasons are and the invite rate here seems to be quick enough that it won't cause an issue, but IMO part of what killed Wave was Google's use of their standard user rate limiting on the product. I got access to it relatively early and it seemed really cool but by the time anyone else I knew could actually get into the service it was already pretty much dead.
Doling out exclusive invites can be useful for all sorts of reasons (including marketing/psychological), but you really need to be careful that it isn't so restricted that it causes your product (assuming it is at all 'social') to be stillborn.
I suspect a lot of it is technical. Not only are they probably working on ironing out issues of scaling bugs, but you have to consider that even if it takes off the amount of usage overnight would be so much higher than regular usage if they opened their doors today. How many people do you expect to use their video chat feature on a day to day basis, and how many people do you expect to use the video chat feature the first day that they sign up?
I personally hope that the privacy behaviors of google work out better than what you get with Facebook (fingers crossed, expecting about the same, but hoping for the best)
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 192 ms ] threadEDIT: Heh, I love how everyone's joining in yet downvoting me for starting it. Is the competition too fierce? :p
edit: Invite Received! Email redacted! Thanks alot
Edit: Thanks to everyone who sent me an invite.
luke.sleeman at gmail.com
[redacted]@gmail.com
EDIT* Got it, thanks!!
Edit - I'm in! Thanks!
[REDACTED] if anyone's interested in inviting a stranger.
Edit: Fixed a typo (repeated word). Edit 2: Invited. Thanks!
EDIT: Thanks fellas!
I'd appreciate if you can invite me: ~~~@gmail.com
brownelltyler@gmail.com
[EDIT] Thanks, Julien!
Edit: Received. Thank you very* much
[Edit] Got it. Thanks Julien!
edit I got mine thanks.
Got it. Thanks, Gerard.
EDIT: Thanks Julien-Charles! 3 mins!
Thanks jakevoytko
Got one, thanks Rob!
[EDIT] Email redacted. Got it, thanks Jake!
EDIT: Thank you kind soul!
Edit: Invited, thanks!
soyangel@gmail.com
Thanks in advance!
edit: thanks Stavros!
Somebody invite me please! :)
Would also love to get an invite! gmail address is benukem
Yarr, mateys!
jason.swindle @gmail.com
jfoutz@gmail.com
Thank you Carson
Guess I'll just have to wait as creating a profile just for Google+ does not interest me at all.
Doling out exclusive invites can be useful for all sorts of reasons (including marketing/psychological), but you really need to be careful that it isn't so restricted that it causes your product (assuming it is at all 'social') to be stillborn.
Awesome, thanks Jake, that was fast!. Any one else needs it, drop your email here in reply.
Got it! Thanks so much.
EDIT: Thanks, I got yours -- and someone else's too! I'll pay it forward.
Thanks!
timodav [at] gmail
Thanks.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en_US&...
Play nice, and don't use this spreadsheet if you want to keep your email address private!
Edit: Lasted about an hour before griefers hit. Worth a shot!
I personally hope that the privacy behaviors of google work out better than what you get with Facebook (fingers crossed, expecting about the same, but hoping for the best)
I've invited a few people below who haven't confirmed their success :-)
hahn.shot.first@gmail.com