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A comment on Show HN: Referlist – Increase email sign-ups via word of mouth referrals.

Re:Show HN: Referlist – Increase email sign-ups via word of ... by sixti60 on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @04:28PM (#21696917)
Nice project! I tried the demo, but it didn't work for me:

* I joined the waitlist with [email protected], then I was redirected to https://referlist.co/joinwaitlist/referlist?email=a@example..... 84 000 people ahead of you

* I copy/pasted the link https://referlist.co?ref=TOKEN and sent it to another email address

* From another browser, I clicked on the link, and joined the waitlist for [email protected] and I was redirected to https://referlist.co/joinwaitlist/referlist?email=b@example....: "84 001 people ahead of you", ok this is normal

* BUT: when refreshing the page for user A: https://referlist.co/joinwaitlist/referlist?email=a@example...., I'm still 84 000. Shouldn't it be 83 999?

PS: I didn't receive any email at all, not in the spam folder too. I have a gmail address.

TL;DR: I shared link to a friend who joined too, but I didn't move up in the waitlist position. (For Referlist demo).

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Re:Show HN: Referlist – Increase email sign-ups via word of ... by parthi on Tuesday December 03, 2019 @05:31PM (#21697544)
User B needs to verify their email for it to count. Otherwise you could enter a fake email and move up the list. When user B joins the list and verifies their email, A's internal score increases. The final list is sorted by score and then sign up date. So what you described is working as intended.

However, what you might be getting at is that you want a different sorting mechanism, which is a feature request. What would you expect to happen? Maybe I can consider that

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Re:Show HN: Referlist – Increase email sign-ups via word of ... by sixti60 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @03:55AM (#21700670)
How should B verify their email? I guess by clicking on a link they receive via email? In my test, B received no mail. I double checked in spam folder; I've tried with A and B two gmail addresses.

Something else: Let's say I am 84 000th on the list, and a friend joins in, so I am 83 999th. Then during 3 days I don't do anything. Question: Will I stay 83 999th or are new people arriving in the meantime and sharing a lot going to pass me, and I will finally be moved back to 90 000th?

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