There's a general trend to share fewer metrics because of copycats, etc. But I agree it's always super interesting to see, especially when paired with the work that it took to get there.
I'll poll the community to see if there's enough appetite to share these kind of numbers.
Right now, it's only based on your streak. There's a bunch of milestones you can reach, after which you are rewarded with invites. There's some additional criteria like not having too many invites already and not having received any recently.
The underlying is to only give invites to people who are active on the platform. But I agree streaks aren't the only way to measure this.
I'll expand the formula by also looking at number of todos completed, questions answered, etc.
I think streaks are a really good measure. I wasn't active for about 2 months and received no invite as I was not really adding to WIP and it's fine.
A possible problem with todos completed would be spamming to get an invite (unsure if someone would be dumb enough to do it tho).
This is a bit tricky to implement, but feel free to message me whenever this happens and I'll manually give you some extra invites.
In the same vein, what if accounts that were opened by invites that go stale (>90 days without activity / login) get "frozen" with the invites returned to the invite provider and the account holder would need to get a new invite.
It does sound tricky though. Do stale accounts get culled?
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I think someone went wrong hot linking the HQ image. Right now it's linking to something hosted on the Google servers. Perhaps from your Gmail? Either way, it's not visible for us. 😅
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Yes, I faced such an issue recently and ultimately got them to sign an agreement to change their name. We agreed on some terms allowing them some time to make the necessary changes to rebrand, etc.
Ideally you solve it amicably like this, as turning it into a courtcase is most likely out of your budget.
There's a lot to be said about this topic, but without knowing the specifics it's hard to give tailored advice. However, here are my 3 main points:
- Definitely talk to a lawyer. Inaction is also action (see second point), so by definition anything you do or don't do might legally affect you and the future strength of your mark.
- If you don't actively defend your trademark, you might end up losing the rights to it.
- If your TM is registered with the USPTO on their principal register, and the infringing name is an exact or close to an exact match on a participating domain TLD (.com, .net, and many more) you might be able to file for a UDRP procedure which is a simple, fast, and low-cost way to have the registry transfer the domain to you as the legal TM holder. There's some caveats and you probably want a lawyer's help with this. Especially one familiar with the UDRP process.
I can introduce you to a TM lawyer. Email me ( [email protected] ) and I'll be happy to set up an intro.
Also happy to provide more advice in private DM on Telegram.
I emphasize with your frustration, but I'm not sure there's much we can do about people not using WIP. It might just not be for them and they wouldn't really know until they give it a try.
Here's what I'll do:
But agree on removing the old inactive users.
An email notice and bye.That could help them to engage, even like something can make them active
I'm a new member, and I agree with improving onboarding!
There's a 5-step checklist, which is great, but I'd love to see a more in-depth one about creating and logging in project progress. I like your idea about the inviter helping their invitees too. I definitely feel like I've just been thrown in the deep end haha.
I think the best way is actually to dive in and see how others are using it.
Perhaps we should have a better way of finding makers to follow (based on your personal interests, time zone, etc). So you get better examples.
I’ll also give some thought to your idea of having more of a guide. If you any suggestions or questions you’d like to see answered, please let me know!
Making it easy to find other similar (active) makers is a great idea!
I've noticed I've naturally just found people I vibe with over the last few days, but I've made an intentional effort to be part of the community instead of just passively sharing updates.
Are there any specific “filters” you’d like to see to find relevant members?
Anything you’d like to know about them, that’s not currently visible in the profiles, before reaching out?
And finally, how do you prefer to reach out? I’ve been considering adding a direct message system to WIP