# Anyone willing to give me a Writely invitation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933 "2006-04-17T02:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MessyPaint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MessyPaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MessyPaint)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/1 "2006-04-17T02:18:04Z")
[onestorystreet@gmail.com](mailto:onestorystreet@gmail.com) I’d love to try it out. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/2 "2006-05-13T20:21:57Z")
I’d like one of these too, if anyone’s got them to distribute. E-mail is in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/3 "2006-05-13T20:29:03Z")
Are you sure it’s an invitation-based system? I see no indication that it isn’t simply closed to new registrations until they move it to Google’s systems, as the home page says. ([http://www.writely.com/](http://www.writely.com/)) FYI **MessyPaint** , it might be a bad idea to put your email out there in open and machine-readable, that’s a good way to attract spam. Spammers have bots spidering the web much like Google does, but searching for email addresses to spam. I’d ask a mod to change it into something like **onestorystreet at gmail dot com**. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/4 "2006-05-14T00:45:07Z")
**Revtim** , as for it being invitation-based, check out the [Writely blog](http://writely.blogspot.com/) for more info. Current users can add as many as 50 people, who in turn can add as many as 50 others, etc. “And they’ll tell two friends, and they’ll tell two friends, and so on, and so on…” Which is interesting, since it only takes 50[sup]6[/sup] to reach 15 billion. It’s just a matter of knowing someone who knows someone. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/5 "2006-05-14T01:39:24Z")
I’d like an invite too. My address is on file ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/6 "2006-05-14T02:18:16Z")
I see **jackelope** , thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/7 "2006-05-14T07:36:32Z")
I’d like an invite as well, my address is in my profile. By the way, is there somebody that actually used Writely? What was your impression of it? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/8 "2006-05-15T00:24:30Z")
OK, I’ve got an account; I’m sending invitations to **MessyPaint** , **MannyL** , aand **Lars Aruns**. Anybody else? I’ve got 45 more invitations (sent one to my wife too). ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/9 "2006-05-15T00:31:25Z")
If you can spare it, please send one to revtim at gmail dot com . ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/10 "2006-05-15T00:35:39Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![MessyPaint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@MessyPaint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MessyPaint)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/11 "2006-05-15T00:53:41Z")
Thanks so much for the invite. And thank you for the advice **Revtim** I didn’t realize. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/12 "2006-05-15T01:08:05Z")
I’d like one too, **jackelope**. I’m gardentraveler at gmail dot com… Thanks. GT ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/13 "2006-05-15T01:18:01Z")
It’s sent, **gardentraveler**. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/14 "2006-05-15T01:53:43Z")
Got it…thanks! GT ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/15 "2006-05-15T01:58:27Z")
I’d like one too, please. com dot gmail at eschwab Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/16 "2006-05-15T02:03:58Z")
Yeah, sure, I could go for one 🙂 milind at milind dot org ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/17 "2006-05-15T02:05:36Z")
Thanks much **jackalope**! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/18 "2006-05-15T02:20:46Z")
Hey, should I have invites now? I don’t see them. Where should I see them, if I had them? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/19 "2006-05-15T02:28:31Z")
**E. Thorp** and **MilTan** , check your e-mail. **Revtim** , it’s not really “invitations”; you click “New” up at top-left to create a new document, then click the little arrow on the “collaborate” tab, and click “add or remove collaborators.” You add collaborators’ e-mail addresses, and it e-mails them a password and such. (Adding collaborators adds them to that document only; they can’t access the rest of your stuff on Writely, but you can all freely access and edit that document.) And yes, everyone who’s signed up should be able to invite 50 more people; on the “add or remove collaborators” menu, it tells you how many you have remaining. (By the way, apparently Writely won’t work in Safari, but will work in Firefox on Mac.) ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933/20 "2006-05-15T02:31:53Z")
Thanks, **jackelope**. Hope you enjoy the jokes! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-give-me-a-writely-invitation/352933.md?page=2)