The invitation flow is very roundabout (even if you sheepishly admit it :-)), and the group account invitation doesn't seem to work at first. I tried to authorize a third-party account (inside of an anonymous tab) three times and the invitation didn't seem to be redeemed when I was redirected from Twitter to Echelon.
At first I thought something was wrong because, perhaps, you didn't set a "return to" URL to complete the invitation acceptance (which you should do if it's at all possible, to prevent your users from having to repeat an action). That was the behavior I expected since the invitation URL's log in prompt said "Sign in to accept".
What really happened is that the Twitter authorize call doesn't — in fact — trigger the acceptance of the invitation, it simply creates an Echelon account. I had to hunt down the "Notifications" section through the Menu while there was no sign where I had landed after the OAuth trip that there were any notifications waiting for me.
You should find a way to surface these notifications where you users are going to land after the Twitter authorize call, otherwise the experience is going to be as frustrating for them as it was for me — that is until they do the work your application should be doing for them: letting them know what actions they need to proceed with next in order to have a fully functioning account.
Now I have to say this is a cool app, I especially like the fact that individual user accounts are used and therefore everything can be logged so the whole team can be aware of the outgoing Twitter activity for each "group account".
This feedback is really useful; we've struggled to nail the process as it is generally very cumbersome having to sign in & out of Twitter accounts (but it's the most secure way, as opposed to XAuth, which would be a possible alternative).
The key thing here is showing the user they have a new invite/notification, which we will add ASAP.
Hi there, you're absolutely right, the invitation workflow isn't perfect yet. There's actually quite a lot of complex mechanics at play, given that a user can own a group, be an account IN a group and also a member OF a group.
We're working on some improved user journeys and they'll be rolled out soon. MVP, and all that ;)
The researcher set out to prove his own pet hypothesis, several of the experiments quoted are based on self-reported results (of "feeling warmer"?) and the whole thing seems wholly unquantifiable.
People "felt loved" and "that life is worth" living. Who asked them? Were those leading questions? Did they spontaneously report? What was the protocol? What about control groups?
This is an interesting article, and it does link to several (sometimes inaccessible) papers, but despite curiosity for the topic, I can't help but be surprised at how superficially some of the research mentioned seems to be substantiating the claims made.
Where in this article is it acknowledged that the mechanics of supply and demand are radically impacted during a recession?
Where in this article is the rate of employment and remuneration of STEM workers compared to the mean employment rate and remuneration of all American works?
We didn't plan for it but it's going to make for a perfect little refreshing break for people between courses and we're definitely going to have Netflix playing in the office while we work to keep everything running smoothly.
