Yeah, @deimos has been kinda busy putting out fires here and trying to implement features that users are demanding as fast as he can. Opensource will come Soon™ though. ;) It's also partially my...
Yeah, @deimos has been kinda busy putting out fires here and trying to implement features that users are demanding as fast as he can. Opensource will come Soon™ though. ;)
It's also partially my fault too since I had volunteered to help with documentation but got swamped with handling the massive wave of invite requests on reddit instead... which I (and a few others) only finally finished getting through yesterday. :/
602 in the Official invite thread... probably half as many additional requests as PMs, comment replies and reddit "chat" requests (I hate that's a thing) over the last 8 days. Not to mention about...
602 in the Official invite thread... probably half as many additional requests as PMs, comment replies and reddit "chat" requests (I hate that's a thing) over the last 8 days. Not to mention about an equal number of emails which someone else has been taking care of, thankfully. It's been a bit of a daunting task, especially since on reddit we are at least partially vetting people by quickly looking at their history using mod toolbox and sorting their history by controversial looking for red flags before sending the invite.
It's bloody tedious, time consuming work and frankly... I am tired and need a break. Hence why I haven't posted another official invite request thread on /r/tildes even though I hinted at potentially doing so before the end of the week. @deimos suggested waiting until Fri/Sat at least... but I am tempted to avoid doing it until next week, to be honest. :/
Would it perhaps make more sense to start shifting the burden of invites onto existing users, now there are several thousand of us? Keeping the number of invites given out to users low would...
Would it perhaps make more sense to start shifting the burden of invites onto existing users, now there are several thousand of us?
Keeping the number of invites given out to users low would hopefully maintain a reasonable level of quality, as while some will just post them freely on other sites, many will prioritise giving them to people they already know and trust.
This may even have a slightly higher quality return, if it's clear that the reputation of people you invite will eventually reflect on your own account in a minor way (which I believe is the case?)
I think a mix of both is probably appropriate going forward just as it has been from the beginning. I don't mind handling the majority of the invites on reddit, I just need to make sure I don't...
I think a mix of both is probably appropriate going forward just as it has been from the beginning. I don't mind handling the majority of the invites on reddit, I just need to make sure I don't burn out, is all. And I wouldn't say who you invite is necessarily a direct reflection on you... however if a particular user invites a large number of people that are subsequently banned, I suspect that won't look too good on them.
The other thing to remember is that @deimos doesn't want ~ to grow too large too quickly before some of the system are in place to handle the issues that come with scale. So the occasional break between invites waves isn't a necessarily a bad thing, especially since that gives new users time to acclimatize.
Ah yeah, I wouldn't expect you to stop handing out some, as there are lots of people on /r/tildes that wouldn't get an invite otherwise. I would only suggest giving out two or so to users, so at...
Ah yeah, I wouldn't expect you to stop handing out some, as there are lots of people on /r/tildes that wouldn't get an invite otherwise.
I would only suggest giving out two or so to users, so at most you'd triple the user base, but you'd also be more likely to have users ration them to people they trust and already enjoy talking to.
Just don't want anyone to burn out on what sounds like a tedious task!
When it's ready.
Yeah, @deimos has been kinda busy putting out fires here and trying to implement features that users are demanding as fast as he can. Opensource will come Soon™ though. ;)
It's also partially my fault too since I had volunteered to help with documentation but got swamped with handling the massive wave of invite requests on reddit instead... which I (and a few others) only finally finished getting through yesterday. :/
How many of us were there, like 500 late showers? I feel bad, but I also don't! Ya new blood!
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602 in the Official invite thread... probably half as many additional requests as PMs, comment replies and reddit "chat" requests (I hate that's a thing) over the last 8 days. Not to mention about an equal number of emails which someone else has been taking care of, thankfully. It's been a bit of a daunting task, especially since on reddit we are at least partially vetting people by quickly looking at their history using mod toolbox and sorting their history by controversial looking for red flags before sending the invite.
It's bloody tedious, time consuming work and frankly... I am tired and need a break. Hence why I haven't posted another official invite request thread on /r/tildes even though I hinted at potentially doing so before the end of the week. @deimos suggested waiting until Fri/Sat at least... but I am tempted to avoid doing it until next week, to be honest. :/
Would it perhaps make more sense to start shifting the burden of invites onto existing users, now there are several thousand of us?
Keeping the number of invites given out to users low would hopefully maintain a reasonable level of quality, as while some will just post them freely on other sites, many will prioritise giving them to people they already know and trust.
This may even have a slightly higher quality return, if it's clear that the reputation of people you invite will eventually reflect on your own account in a minor way (which I believe is the case?)
I think a mix of both is probably appropriate going forward just as it has been from the beginning. I don't mind handling the majority of the invites on reddit, I just need to make sure I don't burn out, is all. And I wouldn't say who you invite is necessarily a direct reflection on you... however if a particular user invites a large number of people that are subsequently banned, I suspect that won't look too good on them.
The other thing to remember is that @deimos doesn't want ~ to grow too large too quickly before some of the system are in place to handle the issues that come with scale. So the occasional break between invites waves isn't a necessarily a bad thing, especially since that gives new users time to acclimatize.
Ah yeah, I wouldn't expect you to stop handing out some, as there are lots of people on /r/tildes that wouldn't get an invite otherwise.
I would only suggest giving out two or so to users, so at most you'd triple the user base, but you'd also be more likely to have users ration them to people they trust and already enjoy talking to.
Just don't want anyone to burn out on what sounds like a tedious task!
If you need or would like more help with the invite threads I'd be happy to help so that you can focus more on the site!