Re: Gmail Account Invites (Want One?)

On Nov 16, 2007 9:47 AM, Stut <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote: > Daniel Brown wrote: > > On Nov 16, 2007 9:36 AM, tedd <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote: > >> At 5:00 PM -0500 11/15/07, Daniel Brown wrote: > >>> Yay! I got to say my stupid thing for the day. > >>> > >>> Last I had even looked at the signup process, it was open to US > >>> users who had a cell phone and could receive SMS messages (containing > >>> a confirmation code). I wonder why the hell they still give you a > >>> limit on invites for Gmail then. I guess it's just typical eccentric > >>> Google. > >> Well, if it makes you feel better, you can invite me. :-) > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> tedd > >> > >> -- > >> ------- > >> http://sperling.com > >> http://ancientstones.com > >> http://earthstones.com > >> > > > > For the record, Tedd, when I sent a Gmail invite to your Gmail > > account, it didn't reduce my number of invites. > > > > Let me know what the email says, if it offers any additional hint > > as to why the invites still exist. > > Surely this is obvious? If they remove them they would remove a way for > their users to introduce new people to the service. Removing that > ability wouldn't make sense to me. It might make more sense if they > changed the wording, but the feature does no harm and so is definitely > worth them keeping it in. > > -Stut > > -- > http://stut.net/ > Yes, but Stut, you have a maximum of 100 invites and when you're out, you're out. I agree it makes it seem like more of a "hot-ticket item" while limiting people, but I don't know if that is, in fact, what they're going for. -- Daniel P. Brown [office] (570-) 587-7080 Ext. 272 [mobile] (570-) 766-8107 If at first you don't succeed, stick to what you know best so that you can make enough money to pay someone else to do it for you.