Google Wave invites give out (Ive got 12)

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The thread discusses the distribution of Google Wave invites, with participants sharing their conditions for giving out invites and expressing various opinions about Google Wave and its implications for communication technology.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant offers Google Wave invites with conditions such as active use and adding them as a contact.
  • Another participant shares a link to a Google form for signing up for future invites, noting the long waitlist.
  • Concerns are raised about Google potentially becoming a centralized communication hub, likening it to Skynet.
  • Some participants express skepticism about the intentions behind sharing invites, questioning if it constitutes advertising.
  • One participant argues that Google Wave is an attempt to reinvent existing communication technologies, integrating various forms of communication.
  • Another participant expresses indifference towards Google Wave and criticizes the sharing of email addresses.
  • Responses include challenges to the notion that sharing invites is not advertising, with some insisting it is simply sharing.
  • There are multiple instances of participants questioning each other's motives and the appropriateness of the thread's content.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a range of views, with some supporting the sharing of invites and others opposing it, leading to a lack of consensus on the appropriateness of the thread and the nature of the sharing.

Contextual Notes

There are unresolved concerns about privacy and the implications of sharing personal email addresses in the context of Google Wave invites.

MaxMackie
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Hey guys,

Just joined the forums and I decided to share and give out some of my Google Wave invites.
I'll only give them out to people who are active and are going to use it.
Here are my conditions:

-That you use Wave (it is still in relative open beta, so its only logical to use it)
-That you add me as a contact

That's about it.
First come, first serve.
Please post your email (gmail, hopefully)

If you need some help getting into Wave (supported browsers: FF, IE, Safari, NOT opera) or getting to know the interface or whatever, PM me.
 
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Thats a form to give your email so when Google sends out the next wave (no pun intended) of invites, you might get one. Keep in mind the list is long.

I'm already on wave and the invites that I am allowed to give out are, for the most part instantaneous. Within a couples hours you can actually use Wave.
 
Does anyone else feel that Google is the Skynet? Centralized server that will store all your daily communications, bypassing need for SMS, e-mail, phone conversations, video chat. This 'technology' will put most facebook/twitter/yahoo/msn types of business, not to mention bogarting other cellphone makers with their G1 phone. Having monopoly on email wasn't enough now its going to include all the communications. Next stop: buying skype and incorporating that
 
I haven't read the TOS lately, but if guerilla marketing isn't against the forum rules, it should be...
 
Wave is Google's way of re-inventing a 40 year old technology.
If you don't like it, that's fine. But please don't ruin this thread for others who might want to participate.

Wave integrates (or at least, is trying to) IM, email, personal notes, document sharing, collaboration work.

Privacy Policy: http://wave.google.com/help/wave/privacy.html
They don't keep anything else than Hotmail would keep or any other site that uses a counter (most counters record IPs and other info to help the webmaster design his website to target different public)
 
MaxMackie said:
Wave is Google's way of re-inventing a 40 year old technology.
If you don't like it, that's fine. But please don't ruin this thread for others who might want to participate.

Wave integrates (or at least, is trying to) IM, email, personal notes, document sharing, collaboration work.

Privacy Policy: http://wave.google.com/help/wave/privacy.html


1. I don't need you in my contacts
2. I don't want you having my email
3. I don't care for Google Wave either way
 
cronxeh said:
1. I don't need you in my contacts
2. I don't want you having my email
3. I don't care for Google Wave either way

Then why are you posting in this thread?
 
MaxMackie said:
Then why are you posting in this thread?

4. I don't want you having other people's emails either

It seems to spread like a virus through their phonebooks, and sooner or later it will find its way into MY inbox.
 
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Then, when it does, you can do like others like you should: ignore it.
If you do not want to give out your email address, that's your personal choice.
Anyone who wants an invite can PM me their email if they want.
You cannot enforce your personal opinions on others and expect everyone to follow suit.
 
  • #11
Hey, guess what. I looked, and advertising is against the TOS.

IBTL. Enjoy.
 
  • #12
You seem to miss the point completely dotman. I'm sure if you took the time to read and carefully go through what I'm saying, you would see that this isn't advertising but sharing.
 
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MaxMackie said:
You seem to miss the point completely dotman. I'm sure if you took the time to read and carefully go through what I'm saying, you would see that this isn't advertising but sharing.

I'm sorry I am bored already, what were you saying?
 
  • #14
The first post is pretty clear.
I have Wave invitations (just like the thousands of others who are currently using Wave).
Google gives us these invites so that we, in turn, can give them out to others. This is part of the testing and will help the developers see how much the server can handle and what needs they need to meet.

This isn't advertising.
This isn't me trying to troll the forums.
Simple trying to be nice and share with some people.
 
  • #15
Just click "Report" and let he mentors decide if this is acceptable. Like this... :click:
 
  • #16
Although, I do not want cronxeh to get mad at me, I won't mind:

<email address deleted>
 
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Pinu7 said:
Although, I do not want cronxeh to get mad at me, I won't mind:

<email address deleted>

Oh thanks! I have been looking for email addresses to sell! :yoink:
 
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