[DEFINITIVE] Gmail queue !

[xplatinum]

,Jun 15 2004, 22:22] I think one thing you could do to this thread (although it might be a bit too late) is have the mods delete all the non-requests messages (eg the ones where people are just chatting) leaving behind just those that have not been "satisfied" yet. So essentially this thread just becomes a list of names in posts and no chatting of any kind...

...perhaps. I dunno. Just thought I'd throw in my 0.000000000000002 bucks

A little bit too late. That's what happens when you have a life... I go work and when I come back someone "hijacks" the idea because I wasn't there for a couple hours.

[[ timko ]]

they're having this in Genmay and it's working out nicely :) http://genmay.net/showthread.php?t=373322

and i'm in!

[email protected]

Lol, it used to be called "The world's longest short bus" (at least it was when it was still part of HardOCP forums) now it's called "The worlds shortest long bus", who changed the caption?

[Jason the Eighty Eighth]

why don't we make a list anyway?

[xplatinum]

why don't we make a list anyway?

what kind of list do you want to make ?

[Jason the Eighty Eighth]

,Jun 16 2004, 09:24] Lol, it used to be called "The world's longest short bus" (at least it was when it was still part of HardOCP forums) now it's called "The worlds shortest long bus", who changed the caption?

General [M]ayhem (341 Viewing)

The world's shortest longbus.

the title was renamed to Google [M]ail a few days ago :laugh:

[ZTrang]

let me get this straight... did you just use this thread to redirect people to your blog ? Sorry but I won't be updating this anymore... because there's no point in doing it. This thread was doing more than fine and now someone creates a blog and a dozen more invites have been given away. It just mixed everything up and I don't really feel like seeking for all the info. I'm sure you wanted to help, but to me its sh*tty. You wanted to get more hits on  your site or something ? :huh:

Yes, I think that's exactly what he did. The reason he did it was because there is no clear way on this thread to tell anymore who has been invited and who hasn't, and he wanted to make an easier way to send out his invitations (although not necessarily a fairer way). Xplatinum, I think that your idea for a centralized thread like this is very noble, and you should continue trying to do it, but you should make sure that you or a friend of yours can be on at all times monitoring the thread to ensure that it doesn't get out of control (as it has). I'm all for helping you, if you want the help (I'm on when you're not a lot of the time, it seems, as I live in California and am on summer break). The thread won't work perfectly, but I think you should continue in this endeavor to get invites out to those who have requested them earliest.

[Jason the Eighty Eighth]

what kind of list do you want to make ?

a list of all the people in line plus their emails.

[xSammyx]

xPlatnium i just received 3 more invites, so add me to the donators list i will donate 3 more..

[DoNuTs]

I just created a Gmail account, why don't i got any invites to give ?

[ZTrang]

a list of all the people in line plus their emails.

I agree; rather than sorting through threads, when someone posts, wanting an account, add their account name and e-mail address to a list, and continually update that list (or as often as you can), so that people can easily see who to invite. The only problem with that is that the list needs to be continually updated, so you'd need someone else who could edit the list as well, so I'm not sure how it would work.

[xSammyx]

I just created a Gmail account, why don't i got any invites to give ?

wait a day

[ZTrang]

I just created a Gmail account, why don't i got any invites to give ?

You don't get invitations for about a week, I believe. Just be patient.

Edit: it might be a day; I've heard a week, but I'm not certain, as I just got my account today.

[DoNuTs]

Meh, a week is too long.

No invites for you ! :laugh:

Just kidding

[xplatinum]

Yes, I think that's exactly what he did. The reason he did it was because there is no clear way on this thread to tell anymore who has been invited and who hasn't, and he wanted to make an easier way to send out his invitations (although not necessarily a fairer way). Xplatinum, I think that your idea for a centralized thread like this is very noble, and you should continue trying to do it, but you should make sure that you or a friend of yours can be on at all times monitoring the thread to ensure that it doesn't get out of control (as it has). I'm all for helping you, if you want the help (I'm on when you're not a lot of the time, it seems, as I live in California). The thread won't work perfectly, but I think you should continue in this endeavor to get invites out to those who have requested them earliest.

Funny thing is, he only assumed that I wasn't updating anything. Instead of sending me a PM like anyone with principles would do, he decided to do this out of the blue.

There's a reason why I can't update the "next person". Its because people PM me about who they have to invite and I reply to them with the next in the list BUT I still have to wait for an answer, thus making me unable to update it since i'm not sure of anything!

But yeah, that's exactly what he did and it ****ed me off.

Thanks for the help by the way. I'm not sure what i'm gonna do since it doesn't have anything to do with lack of updates. Gotta love people who assume all the damn time without asking questions FIRST.

-- Jason: That's already what I tried to do here. Look at my first post. Also it will be impossible to make people only post emails without this going offtopic.

[chacho]

You don't get invitations for about a week, I believe. Just be patient.

i think it varies...i got mine a day after i got invited.

[[bear]]

guys I posted this earlier. it says im up next but I already got a gmail invite.. skip me please

[xSammyx]

can some one give me the three next people on the list?

[[ timko ]]

You don't get invitations for about a week, I believe. Just be patient.

Edit: it might be a day; I've heard a week, but I'm not certain, as I just got my account today.

I can confirm that XXDes got invites after approx 1-2days... and subsequently gave me an invite (Y)

Whether this applies to every user, or whether XXDes happened to signup when Google dished out invites on a periodical basis anyway...is quite frankly anyone's guess :)

[ZTrang]

Funny thing is, he only assumed that I wasn't updating anything. Instead of sending me a PM like anyone with principles would do, he decided to do this out of the blue.

Thanks for the help by the way. I'm not sure what i'm gonna do since it doesn't have anything to do with lack of updates. Gotta love people who assume all the damn time without asking questions FIRST.

I think the donors who came here when your PM box was full and you were away wanted to get their invitations "out the door" as quickly as possible and so didn't follow the rules you set up. Unfortunately, there is nothing that one can really do, as there is no way to control how donors give out their accounts (the accounts ARE theirs, after all). However, I think that all posts where donors offer accounts without following the queue should be removed, as that is not the point of this thread. I don't know how this could really be done without a dedicated moderator for this thread, but it's a thought (imagine the title: "Supreme Gmail donor moderator" :p)

[xplatinum]

can some one give me the three next people on the list?

Here you go...

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=54835

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=12306

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=26664

Trang: I already said to Opio a couple pages back that the donators can give their accounts to whoever they want... but no need to hijack the idea and bring half of it somewhere else. My PM box was full... I have my msn and email listed below :)

[ZTrang]

can some one give me the three next people on the list?

ayub, nonick, and Zetter, I believe

[xSammyx]

I think the donors who came here when your PM box was full and you were away wanted to get their invitations "out the door" as quickly as possible and so didn't follow the rules you set up. Unfortunately, there is nothing that one can really do, as there is no way to control how donors give out their accounts (the accounts ARE theirs, after all). However, I think that all posts where donors offer accounts without following the queue should be removed, as that is not the point of this thread. I don't know how this could really be done without a dedicated moderator for this thread, but it's a thought (imagine the tital: "Supreme Gmail donor moderator" :p)

i want to follow the guidelines set up at the begining but i dont know whos next and who to give to, cuz some peopel might have gotten one already...???

[[ timko ]]

"Supreme Gmail donor moderator" :p

That's a bit grandiose for these parts but I guess you have to impress the minions somehow :)

[xSammyx]

Here you go...

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=54835

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=12306

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showuser=26664

Trang: I already said to Opio a couple pages back that the donators can give their accounts to whoever they want... but no need to hijack the idea and bring half of it somewhere else. My PM box was full... I have my msn and email listed below :)

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

[ZTrang]

i want to follow the guidelines set up at the begining but i dont know whos next and who to give to, cuz some peopel might have gotten one already...???

That's true; it is hard to properly invite people if the "up next" part of the first post is not consistently updated. I guess the best thing to do is to post and wait until someone actually figures out who that person is. It is slower but fairer that way. The reason we've had so many "illegal" Gmail transfers (illegal by the rules of this thread) is that no one was around to figure out who was next and/or donors didn't bother to ask.