==== We're also planning on putting in a "random active user sponsorship" -- something where you'll be able to buy a paid account for a random active user even if you don't know them =====
That's great. I really like that idea. On 3/31/09, Denise Paolucci <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2009, at 1:52 AM, Paul-Gabriel%20Wiener wrote: > >> 1. I signed up on DW with OpenID to help keep track of community >> posts and stuff. (It's just nifty how well that works.) I just >> noticed that my LJ-based OpenID has DW user # 3333. That is cool. >> Well, it's cool in general that there are already over 3k users >> (even if many of them are duplicate accounts). But it's personally >> cool to have that number. Is there any way I could quietly >> subsitute my new (real) account for my (temporary) Open ID so that >> I can keep the number? > > Swapping around userids can cause problems if it's not done properly, > so we're going to limit that to very special cases, so most probably > not; sorry! > > >> 2. Why does it think that account was created on 3/12 instead of 3/30? > > Almost certainly because someone whose account you'd commented on > imported their LJ journal to Dreamwidth. If you'd commented on > synecdochic.livejournal.com, for instance, I imported the contents of > that journal over to Dreamwidth. As a step in the process, it creates > OpenID accounts for anyone who'd commented there, so that their > comments can continue to be owned and controlled by them. > > >> 7. Buying gift certificates for people who don't have accounts yet? >> Good way to get money and accounts. And important, given the >> limited quantity of free accounts. But... how does that work, now? >> I'm assuming something like the Amazon model, where the gift >> certificate just gets sent to a given email address. But what if >> the user doesn't want to sign up? What if they don't want to use >> that email address? Doesn't it seem a little imposing/presumptive? >> I guess it shouldn't be any more so than any other gift >> certificate, so maybe I'm just thinking about it funny? > > Yes, notification of the payment will be sent to the email address > the person specified, and can then be used for any purpose. The > person who received the payment can then do anything they want: give > it away, use it, stick it in a drawer and ignore it. > >> 10. Okay, I don't quite give up. Looking back over things, it's >> clear I wanted to ask something else about a seed account. And >> thinking about that brought up a new question. So... let's say that >> I want to help DW get off the ground, but that seed accounts sell >> out before I can get one. I've discovered, however, that I don't >> really use paid account features. Making a one-time payment and >> getting status/bragging rights in return sounds like a good >> transaction to me, but I'm not sure what my fallback option should >> be. That random user sponsorship thing sounds nifty, but any other >> suggestions? Also, how much paid time can you buy at once? Is 12 >> months the max? > > > No, you can "buy ahead" as much as you'd like. 12 months of paid time > is the maximum item you can buy, but if you bought (say) two 12-month > blocks of paid time for a specific account, it'll stack those on top > of each other so you're actually buying 24 months of paid time. You > just have to buy it in two 12-month increments. > > As for fallback options, hmm, let's see: > > * Buy paid time for your friends who already have DW accounts. We'll > have a page that'll show you all of the people in your circle who > have free accounts, or whose paid accounts are expiring soon, just > like LJ does. > > * Buy paid time for friends who haven't moved to DW yet, to convince > them to move over. "Here! I'll buy you 6 months of paid time, which > will let you create the account and then try out the paid user > features!" > > * Buy paid time for communities you participate in. Right now, there > isn't much benefit to paying for a community account -- they actually > have *fewer* features available to them than a paid personal account > would -- but we'll be fixing that slowly and releasing more paid > features for communities. > > * Buy paid time for the maintainers of communities you participate > in. Community maintainers deserve love, too! > > * When we get it implemented, buy paid time for a random active user. > It'll be a great way to make new friends *and* support the service. > > * When we get them implemented/created, buy virtual gifts for your > friends, or buy Dreamwidth merchandise. I mean, come on, who wouldn't > want a Dreamwidth t-shirt or a Dreamwidth code monkey stuffed animal? > (This will take longer for us to get put into place, but we *will* > have them.) > > * Eventually, you'll probably be able to pay a small amount and run a > "classified ad" in a section we create for that purpose, so you'll be > able to promote communities you belong to, promote (for instance) > your crafting business or a new book you just sold/published, or just > send birthday greetings to a friend. > > * If all else fails, buy a bottle of really good booze and send it to > me and Mark. ;) (I jest, I jest...) > > --D > > > > -- > Denise Paolucci > [email protected] > Dreamwidth Studios: Open Source, open expression, open operations. > Coming April 30! > > _______________________________________________ > dw-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss > _______________________________________________ dw-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dwscoalition.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dw-discuss
