[DEFINITIVE] Gmail queue !

[ZTrang]

i thought u were suppose to have 300 plus posts? ayub has 63 or something??

Good point; scratch him (with xplatinum's permission) and invite "Michael Lerner," who is the next one on the queue

[CoLdFuSi0n]

i'll accept nominations for 1/2 more hour and then i'll pick :D

[rock8628]

oh 300 posts... i guess im out of the queue then eh?

[ZTrang]

oh 300 posts... i guess im out of the queue then eh?

Yes, unfortunately, until you have 300 posts, you are not elligible; this is to ensure that people don't join simply to get a Gmail account, and to reduce the hoards of Neowin members who want an account to a slightly more manageable size, and to reward those who have sustained Neowin by posting in it for a time.

[alext5]

Pick me, Pick me :p

[aldo]

oh 300 posts... i guess im out of the queue then eh?

Hah, nope :)

[Cara Veteran]

I am going to speak to the Admin's as soon as I can about a new 'Invite Distro System' that can be somewhat Neowin Official. :)

Perhaps a List of Names that Doners can look through, choose who they want and then after the people have their invites a Moderator could go through and delete those posts as to keep things orderly. :)

A queue is a great idea, however, some people do not like that to give out their invites and it is their business on how they do it so a list they can choose from or go in order would be a good idea.

Thoughts?

[xplatinum]

ZTrang is right Sammy. Pick the one after him...

[ZTrang]

Pick me, Pick me  :p

Sorry, you need 300 posts to join the queue.

[xSammyx]

k i have pmed the following regarding my gmail invitation to them so no one else invite them:

nonick

Zetter

Michael Lerner

[aldo]

Pick me, Pick me :p

please, if you don't have 300 posts just don't bother posting. It's hard enough to track already.

[xplatinum]

edited out by me.

Edited June 15, 2004 by xplatinum

[ZTrang]

k i have pmed the following regarding my gmail invitation to them so no one else invite them:

nonick

Zetter

Michael Lerner

Can we update the "up next" portion of this thread, then? Next up is "mstx", I believe.

[blik]

I am going to speak to the Admin's as soon as I can about a new 'Invite Distro System' that can be somewhat Neowin Official. :)

Perhaps a List of Names that Doners can look through, choose who they want and then after the people have their invites a Moderator could go through and delete those posts as to keep things orderly. :)

A queue is a great idea, however, some people do not like that to give out their invites and it is their business on how they do it so a list they can choose from or go in order would be a good idea.

Thoughts?

(Y)

[PrivateStock]

I really really really hope that a freak of nature strikes google hq and destroy's all their servers that are dedicated to the gmail :angry:

[xodlike]

I really really really hope that a freak of nature strikes google hq and destroy's all their servers that are dedicated to the gmail :angry:

Last time, was it 87,000, or 88,000?

[ZTrang]

I am going to speak to the Admin's as soon as I can about a new 'Invite Distro System' that can be somewhat Neowin Official. :)

Perhaps a List of Names that Doners can look through, choose who they want and then after the people have their invites a Moderator could go through and delete those posts as to keep things orderly. :)

A queue is a great idea, however, some people do not like that to give out their invites and it is their business on how they do it so a list they can choose from or go in order would be a good idea.

Thoughts?

I like the idea. I don't think that donors should necessarily be forced to give a Gmail invitation to a certain person, but we should have a system so that donors know who to invite, and so we don't have a deluge of "I have 1 Gmail invite" posts on Neowin. However, how would we manage the list of names? Would people post and ask to be added? If so, it would be incredibly hard to maintain if someone isn't monitoring the thread constantly. Maybe if you want to be added, you have to PM someone, and that person adds your name to a locked list, or something like that. However, then that person might max out on PM's. There are numerous ways we could do this, but we need to make sure that it's orderly and easy to use, so donors don't start throwing out random invitations out of frustration.

[Cara Veteran]

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[xplatinum]

I don't mind if ANY mod/admin edit my first post to change the "who's next" part. Voodoo already did it.

[ZTrang]

I really really really hope that a freak of nature strikes google hq and destroy's all their servers that are dedicated to the gmail :angry:

Please keep this thread free of spamming, so we can more easily sort through the queue.

[neowin_hipster]

Jeez, this thread blew up in just a few hours.

[xSammyx]

Update:

Michael Lerner has accepted the invite and has created a gmail account.

xSammyx (4)

[Cara Veteran]

I like the idea. I don't think that donors should necessarily be forced to give a Gmail invitation to a certain person, but we should have a system so that donors know who to invite, and so we don't have a deluge of "I have 1 Gmail invite" posts on Neowin. However, how would we manage the list of names? Would people post and ask to be added? If so, it would be incredibly hard to maintain if someone isn't monitoring the thread constantly. Maybe if you want to be added, you have to PM someone, and that person adds your name to a locked list, or something like that. However, then that person might max out on PM's. There are numerous ways we could do this, but we need to make sure that it's orderly and easy to use, so donors don't start throwing out random invitations out of frustration.

Basically how my idea would work is this.

New Thread Created by Moderator/Admin

Member goes to the thread and posts their name as a 'Want an Account'

Moderator goes through and adds their name to a Master List in the first post

GMail Giver goes to thread, looks over the names, chooses who they want to give their invite to and PM's the info to the person AND the Moderator so they can see the invite sent.

Moderator removes the persons name from the list and their 'Want an account' post from the thread.

Member enjoys their GMail

[Cara Veteran]

I don't mind if ANY mod/admin edit my first post to change the "who's next" part. Voodoo already did it.

If you have an update, PM me with it and I'll update your post. :)

[rock8628]

well thanks n e ways... but when i get an account ill be sure to let yas know n help out a bit (probably in a day to a week ill have one )