Would anyone here like a Gmail account? I'm an antisocial bastard, and have 6 to give away. First posted - first served.
posted by jpburns to MetaFilter-related at 12:36 PM (44 comments total)
If there are any left I would love one.
Thanks. posted by caddis at 12:58 PM on August 30, 2004
I'd really like one invitation, thank you very much, email on userpage
http://www.metafilter.com/user/3930 posted by matteo at 1:02 PM on August 30, 2004
i have some, too. first three people to email crush @ onastick.net can have them. put gmail invite in the subject field, please, my spam filters are out of control! posted by crush-onastick at 1:04 PM on August 30, 2004
Please do this on the wiki. There are 15 or so people listed there who are offering gmail invitations. posted by gleuschk at 1:18 PM on August 30, 2004
Thank you! posted by caddis at 1:19 PM on August 30, 2004
I am interested, if you have any left. posted by philfromhavelock at 1:21 PM on August 30, 2004
why the hell was this posted to metatalk? Matt already deletes all the ask.metafilter posts that are like this. And how is this metafilter related? posted by Stynxno at 1:21 PM on August 30, 2004
Perhaps we could get a sideblog post to the wiki so that people could just go there and we wouldn't have to have one of these threads every week? posted by jacquilynne at 1:26 PM on August 30, 2004
Anyone else want one, before this gets deleted? posted by Shane at 1:34 PM on August 30, 2004
If you're not interested... ignore it.
(sorry if I violated anything here, but just wanted to share the wealth... by the time I figured out how to edit a wiki, I could be finished). posted by jpburns at 1:36 PM on August 30, 2004
Anyone else want one, before this gets deleted?
sorry if I violated anything here, but just wanted to share the wealth
Sorry, I made a typo in my earlier comment. What I meant to say was "Please do this on the wiki AND NOT HERE." Thank you.
How to edit a wiki: scroll to the bottom; click "Edit"; edit; click "Save". You can do it. posted by gleuschk at 1:48 PM on August 30, 2004
If you're not interested... ignore it.
i don't think that defense works in this situation but whatever. I'm not good at sething people. posted by Stynxno at 2:19 PM on August 30, 2004
Shane - what, you got one? I'm interested. posted by soyjoy at 2:21 PM on August 30, 2004
Ive got four - quartermass @ gmail.com posted by Quartermass at 3:11 PM on August 30, 2004
i've got six to give away, email is in the profile posted by bob sarabia at 3:35 PM on August 30, 2004
goodie. I was wondering how to post this myself (thank you jpburns!)- I've got 4 left if anyone else still wants one - alicefelldown (at) gmail (dot) com posted by Lizc at 3:50 PM on August 30, 2004
they gave me 6 more too...email me at myusername@gmail.com posted by amberglow at 4:11 PM on August 30, 2004
Well, if everyone else is doing it, I'm going to too.
Email tracyh at gmail. posted by tracicle at 4:15 PM on August 30, 2004
metafilter wiki, metafilter irc, eb's meta-metafilter.... do you guys have metafilter sheets and underroos too? posted by keswick at 4:17 PM on August 30, 2004
geez, i'll just put them on the wiki. damn invites. posted by bob sarabia at 4:22 PM on August 30, 2004
How to build a community, part 1: Shout down and tell off anyone who tries to do anything generous. This isn't the place for that sort of behaviour. posted by ZippityBuddha at 4:27 PM on August 30, 2004
Heh, damn, no Underroos. I think Matt needs to make a MeFi camera bag with the tagline "We have cameras." posted by keswick at 4:40 PM on August 30, 2004
Is anyone else sick of going Google's marketing for them? No? Alright then. posted by reklaw at 6:08 PM on August 30, 2004
So... uhhh? Seriously, can someone explain to me what the hoopla about gmail accounts is all about? SHOULD I be interested in one? Thanks! posted by Witty at 5:11 AM on August 31, 2004
Witty: I'll give my non-geek partner's attitude to the service. She loves it for some of the following reasons:
1. Its easy to use with a very simple interface.
2. It has a 1 gig inbox.
3. It was available with her name: [firstname.surname]@gmail.com, and she has one of the most common surnames in the UK.
4. It meant she could finally ditch her 22 character hotmail account.
5. She didn't have to be near a computer at least once every 31 days to check her webmail inbox for fear all her contacts would be deleted otherwise. posted by davehat at 6:14 AM on August 31, 2004
As a brand new user to GMail (thanks davehat), I have to say the displaying emails as part of a conversation is pretty damn cool. posted by Apoch at 6:41 AM on August 31, 2004
Ive got four Invites if anyone needs'em. (email in profile) posted by Dr_Octavius at 7:01 AM on August 31, 2004
Seriously, can someone explain to me what the hoopla about gmail accounts is all about?
GMail is great for e-mail lists, as it places all messages with the same subject header in a queue, so you can review the entire thread just by pulling up one message.
The search function is nice too, although some people have noted how it could be abused under the Patriot Act, and Google is a little pushy about "Delete? Permanently? No, you don't want to do that! You have so much space, never delete anything again!" Google is really creating an incredible online archive of e-mail that is potentially searchable by keywords like "jet fuel," "manure" and "BOOM!"
The 'Labels' function is cool, too. And I guess it makes you look a little more hip than an "@hotmail.com." posted by Shane at 7:13 AM on August 31, 2004
Google is really creating an incredible online archive of e-mail that is potentially searchable by keywords like "jet fuel," "manure" and "BOOM!"
As in, my old email would be archived for anybody to search? Perhaps I'm a bit confused. posted by Witty at 7:19 AM on August 31, 2004
oh man, again with the invitations :-p i was dreading the next round... i don't know why but i just can't ignore them, i've got to make sure they all get given away. zarah and i have listed ours (1 down 11 to go) on the wiki - if anyone else wants theirs listed on the wiki but is hesitant to edit the wiki on their own, let me know and i'll do it for you. 'cause we should all be using the wiki and not making more threads about this... incredible irritation that is gmail.
As in, my old email would be archived for anybody to search?
Anyone Google lets search it. If the U.S. Gov't asks Google and Google says Yes, then a search of all the text in those e-mails has been facilitated, made absolutely conveniently simple, by Google's search function. posted by Shane at 9:11 AM on August 31, 2004
I have some too, my email's in my profile. posted by invisible ink at 2:51 AM on September 1, 2004
Have you heard about the wiki? I always add my gmail invites to the wiki! They're even immediately visible, so you can get instant Gmail gratification via the wiki. posted by jacquilynne at 7:29 AM on September 1, 2004
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