MetaChat - SwapTree invite?

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29 March 2007

SwapTree invite? Anyone have any idea how I can get an invite to SwapTree? I signed up for one, but I want it NOW!

post by: nitsuj at: 15:10 | 22 comments

I dunno, but I signed up for one, too :-D

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 March | 15:20

it's awesome. AWESOME I TELL YOU!

posted by nitsuj 29 March | 15:22

How would you know? You're not a member.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 March | 15:23

But a friend of mine is! And he let me log in and poke around. AWESOME I TELL YOU!

posted by nitsuj 29 March | 15:24

I can think of more than a few private sites that'll let you in if you throw some money at 'em.

posted by box 29 March | 15:26

Also, I want to know more about these algorithms.

posted by box 29 March | 15:27

If he's such a good friend, he should send both of us invites.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 March | 15:27

Why did i just sign up for that? i will probably never use it.
WILL PEOPLE NEVER STOP ABUSE OF THE WORD AWESOME?

posted by ethylene 29 March | 15:29

If he's such a good friend, he should send both of us invites.

From what I can tell, there's no way to send invites if you're in the beta. Only they can give them out.

posted by nitsuj 29 March | 15:34

I'm the friend with the membership. If I could send out invites, I would... but alas, I cannot. Swaptree is quite awesome though.

AWESOME!

posted by bjork24 29 March | 15:35

So let's say that I used some kind of Web 2.0 pitch to collect a bunch of email addresses. How would I go about selling said addresses, and how much money could I expect to receive? I mean, that's a valuable list, as these kinds of lists go, right? (I don't mean to imply that that's what these folks are doing--I'm just curious.)

posted by box 29 March | 15:36

@box: I'll give you $40 for said list.

posted by bjork24 29 March | 15:52

Yeah, but what will you trade me for it?

posted by box 29 March | 16:39

This abuse is AWESOME!

posted by wendell 29 March | 17:04

(Just so it's perfectly clear--I feel confident that Swaptree is a real site, and I've seen nitsuj and bjork24's names around Mefi for quite a while, and think well of both of 'em.)

In fact, I think that Swaptree is the greatest site with -tree at the end of its name since since that one with the jam-band torrents. (Maybe public praise will speed that invite on its way.)

posted by box 29 March | 19:43

Well, we had a signup on metachat from a swaptree address, so maybe those invites are on the way.

posted by seanyboy 30 March | 01:51

Just to see who is still paying attention... we will send Swaptree beta invitations to the first four MetaChat users who send an email to: MetaChat (at) swaptree (dot) com.

We're still tweaking a bunch of stuff on the site so we're keeping a tight reign on the number of users in our private beta, but we can always use a few more people with lots of books, CDs, DVDs and video games...

posted by swaptree 30 March | 09:42

hmm, does this mean i get an extra for the one i send normally?

posted by ethylene 30 March | 10:10

Yippee, I just got an invite! It doesn't seem to be working, though, so maybe I'll try again later.

(on preview: eth, were you able to sign in?)

posted by box 30 March | 10:14

Haven't gotten an invite.
Much switch to empty headed laptop and begin the long and painful reinformationing process.

posted by ethylene 30 March | 10:20

They just sent me an invite. Thank you, mystery swaptree person. i hope our pimping of you will serve us both well.

posted by ethylene 30 March | 10:45

I'd just like to plug lala for the cd swapping thing. You pay $1.75 for every cd you receive (postage and handling) and you earn the right to receive cds by shipping cds. I have had nothing but good experiences with it. Managed to finally hear a lot of cds I thought I was interested in. Managed to unload some stuff I'll never listen to again. Managed to get a couple things (Congo Norvell, I'm looking at you!) I have never been able to find for sale.

(Not that I'm not sure swaptree will be awesome, just offering alternatives is all)

posted by crush-onastick 30 March | 11:40

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