beta invites - ReadWriteWeb http://www.readwriteweb.com/feeds/tag/beta invites en Copyright 2009 Richard MacManus readwriteweb@gmail.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:00:55 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss outQuib Launches Private Beta, Invites for RWW Readers outQuib, which has been developed over the past four months, launches today in private, invite only beta. (ReadWriteWeb readers can click here for access to a limited number of invites to the beta -- the invite code is 'READWRITE' and will expire in about 48 hours.) outQuib is a social network focused on debate and discussion. The site encourages people to initiate and participate in debates on any subject, and gather the responses in a wiki that co-founder Fariz Chowdhury says will help the site "to become the world's source of opinionated information."

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]]> "We let users take important pieces of a debate and post them in the wiki for the world to see quickly," Chowdhury told me. "Imagine a place where you can get a quick overview of a debate on pro-life vs. pro-choice and write a 3-4 page paper on it. Ever curious which is really better? Windows or Mac? This is a place where debate occurs but leaves you, the consumer, to decide."

Debates -- which currently range from "Who should be the next president of the United States?" to "Who is the best player in the NBA?" to "In the Battle of the Sexes, who wins: male or female?" -- have three basic parts. Users can vote in a poll (i.e., picking the candidate they support in US president debate), users can participate in a debate on the issue by adding and replying to stances in a reverse threaded forum, and users can comment specifically on stances people have taken. Users can also rate posts or flag them as personal attacks or spam.

Socially, the site incorporates a Twitter-style "following" idea. You can follow people, and then get information about their activity in a Facebook-like activity stream. Users can also organize into "Causes," which are basically debate groups for people who share a like-minded view -- for example, right now popular outQuib Causes include "Obama for President" and "Ron Paul for President." At the moment, the Causes feature is fairly sparse and basically just comprises of a message board.

outQuib has given ReadWriteWeb readers a limited number of invites to the beta. You can click here for access -- the invite code is 'READWRITE' and will expire in about 48 hours.

]]>Discuss]]> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/outquib_beta_invites.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/outquib_beta_invites.php Products Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:25:11 -0800 Josh Catone 2500 Hulu Invites for ReadWriteWeb Readers The folks over at Hulu have made 2500 invites available for the closed beta of the Hulu service for ReadWriteWeb readers.

Hulu is a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal that puts popular television content from those companies online. It's ad supported (via pre and mid-roll ads) and the videos are quite high quality. Popular shows include 24, The Simpsons, Family Guy, 30 Rock, The Office, House, and my favorite, Psych.

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]]> Our network blog, last100, has written often about Hulu. Though pre-launch reports were less than stellar, since launch, things have looked bright for the service. Early reviews for the service were generally positive (or at least not as negative as expected), often from the same bloggers who had panned the service prior to launch.

We called the launch "umpressive," but now it's your turn to decide for yourself.

Invites are on a first come basis and are available at this link.

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