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 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)
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'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
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So can we beg for invites here? If so, I'd appreciate one at (got one, thanks Carson), thanks.
EDIT: Heh, I love how everyone's joining in yet downvoting me for starting it. Is the competition too fierce? :p
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 would also love an invite: @gmail.com
edit: Invite Received! Email redacted! Thanks alot
If that's the case: dannytatom@gmail.com
Shamelessly replying to top post, I would love an invite to redacted! I promise to give any invites I get back to the HN community/this thread!
EDIT: Thank you kind soul!
I would love to get an invite. Thanks so much for spreading the love, even if it's not to me.
[redacted]@gmail.com
EDIT* Got it, thanks!!
I would also appreciate an invite:
luke.sleeman at gmail.com
Invite has been received. Thanks
Edit: thanks to the two gentlemen that have invited me!
I'd appreciate if you can invite me: ~~~@gmail.com
I would like an invite as well please! :) [redacted] at email Thank you so much! You guys are amazing.
I'll go ahead and join in with the begging.. I would greatly appreciate it. Email redacted. Thank you!
I upvoted & replied to you thinking if your comment is at the top, I won't be too far behind. ;)
Haha, sneaky!
Ahoy, me Hearties!
Would also love to get an invite! gmail address is benukem
Yarr, mateys!
I would love an invite if anyone's got a spare.
[EDIT] Email redacted. Got it, thanks Jake!
I would really love to try it all out if you have any invites left:
brownelltyler@gmail.com
Received one. Thank you!
Quite fancy playing around - sean dot mclemon at gmail.com, if anyone is still checking this
If anyone has an invite I would like one <removed> Thanks
edit I got mine thanks.
----@----.com, if there are still any going around. Thanks a bunch.
EDIT: Thanks fellas!
If anyone's got any more invites to spare, it'd be much appreciated! naderhen@gmail.com
If anyone has an invite to spare...
soyangel@gmail.com
Thanks in advance!
I want an invite as well: christian dot phang @ gmail dot com. Thanks a lot!
Worth a shot: [redacted]
Edit: Thanks to everyone who sent me an invite.
If anyone still has an invite, I'd really appreciate it. shib71@gmail.com
I'll take on too, please. _______ gmail.com
Got it. Thanks, Gerard.
Oh. Can I have one too? [redacted]@gmail.com
[EDIT] Thanks, Julien!
I'd love an invite too. [retracted]
[Edit] Got it. Thanks Julien!
I'd love to try it. Username @gmail.com
Got one, thanks Rob!
I'll join the gravy train, sergei.rabbinowitz@gmail.com pl0x!
@gmail.com - Thanks in advance!
Edit - I'm in! Thanks!
got it. much appreciated.
Love to have one too. Thanks. tensaix2j at gmail dot com
Me too? Would be much appreciated. - Done, thank you.
I too would like an invite! 4 minutes! Thanks j!
Would love one if somebody can
Thanks jakevoytko
I'd appreciate one: linktamake[at]gmail[dot]com.
probably too late, but if anyone does have any spares I'd really appreciate it... [redacted]@gmail.com
edit: thanks Stavros!
Would also like an invite please. Thanks Jake
Thank you Carson!
Please :) @gmail.com
Edit: Invited, thanks!
I'd like one, please. waingram at gmail.
Thank you gentlemen!
If anyone wants to help me out: redacted
One for blntechie at gmail.com please.
Would love one too: Awesome Thanks!
Would really appreciate it if anyone can send an invite - * @ gmail .com
EDIT: Thanks Julien-Charles! 3 mins!
me too please skbohra123 @ gmail.com and here is a beer for anyone who invites me .
mathews.kyle@gmail.com Thanks!
I would very much appreciate an invite: @gmail.com Thanks in advance! Edit: Thanks Gerard and Julien-Charles.
i would like an invite too @gmail.com, here in mx its hard to get in so early
I would hugely also appreciate an invite: @googlemail.com
Edit: Received. Thank you very* much
I will throw my hat into the ring too. REDACTED THANKS Julien-Charles L.
Thanks, Jake Voytko
im.hanz@gmail.com
Somebody invite me please! :)
please, please, please ;) jakubmal@gmail.com
I'm not too ashamed to beg! (redacted) Thank you!
me too! Thanks
I made a Google Docs spreadsheet to manage invites:
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!
Good thinking, and thank you for the invite..
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)
Surprised it lasted that long but it also looked like quite a few invites went out that way.
Okay - Would obviously appreciate getting one and promise to pay it forward. So send me one @ <redacted> ;) TIA
Awesome, thanks Jake, that was fast!. Any one else needs it, drop your email here in reply.
I'd love one, if you're offering; my username at gmail.com.
EDIT: Thanks, I got yours -- and someone else's too! I'll pay it forward.
I'd love one if they're still going around! EDIT: Got one! Fantastic, thank you very much. As always, will pay it forward. :)
<redacted>@gmail.com please.
Got it! Thanks so much.
I have currently run out - no more Send Invites link. As soon as it appears I will get to the remaining ones. Do update if you get it from elsewhere.
Really excited for G+ - like parent, would appreciate getting one, and will pay it forward. rargulati@gmail.com
Thanks!
Thanks Blinking, greatly appreciate it. Now to keep this spreading!
I'd greatly appreciate one at rajseshadri@gmail.com Wow, fast, thanks!
Edit: Got mine in 120 seconds! Let's keep it going.
love one too if anyone can assist ?
timodav [at] gmail
Dang none left ?
por favor! processmatic@fivespeed.com, gracias.
gnowkmobile (at) gmail
Thanks.
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.
Invites need a manual? Kind of sucks...
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 made a CSE so you don't have to keep typing site: to poke around on Google+: http://www.mkronline.com/googleplus/
If you can't create an account after the first invite, get another. Then it will let you in.
I've invited a few people below who haven't confirmed their success :-)
Holy crap Google + looks ridiculously like Friendfeed!
Me too at typeshige@gmail.com. Thanks!
Thanks to the kind soul who got me in!
If there's still an invite available, I'd like to get one, too :) alexander.graefe@googlemail.com
Much appreciated, a Google+ invite would be. /yoda
hahn.shot.first@gmail.com
If someone still has one left, that would be swell ! p.marichal@gmail.com
90% of life is just showing up.
jfoutz@gmail.com
Thank you Carson
I'd love to see what's going on in google+ edkenne@gmail.com
Niftyion at gmail would much appreciate an invite too! Thanks!
I would love one too....
jason.swindle @gmail.com
Thank you Carson! Forever grateful
I would be grateful for a plausible period of time, albeit not forever: mark.sabalauskas@gmail.com
Thanks very kindly!
damn! too late, well if anyone's still checking, send me one username at gmail.com
If anybody is still following comments on this article, I'd like one as well: DanielBMarkham@gmail.com
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
I'm determined to email an invite to you once I get mine. edit: sent. Thanks Julien-Charles, Jake.
downvote me first! I really really care about points so it will be extra effective!