HEY - Email at its best, new from Basecamp

@joshlewis, same.

@joshlewis Hey looked cool but when i saw DHH i instantly wanted invite.

@rdev It's ironic. They are focusing on attention abuse, and then ONLY launches to some people. Kind of killed the joy I had.

@rdev @chrisdancy1 To be clear, we're not doing this to hype it up - we're rolling out slowly to be conservative. Just want to make sure everything's running smoothly before letting the 55,000 people on the list in. We will get there in a matter of days or a few weeks. This isn't going to be a drawn out invite thing like Gmail did years ago.

@chrisdancy1 @jasonfried I was on the waitlist in the first 10 or so minutes after you announced HEY back in February and the name I wanted just got jacked a few hours ago 😢

@rdev @chrisdancy1 @jasonfried I see this as just the opposite of Chris. It's perfectly in the attitude of Hey as a product to roll it out like this at first. You're introducing a philosophy, not just a product. If someone likes the philosophy, they raise their hand, and you guys invite them in. Just like the feature in Hey, where a person emails, another person has to manually say, "Yes, I want emails from them." It's a 'considered' approach. Not a mass production approach.

@rdev @jasonfried @brandonhull Obviously my statement is sticking a feeling in people. Considered approach for attention abuse would not actually gin up more attention. It's the exact opposite of considered. It's planned for maximum exposure. Try not to confuse the product philosophy vs the roll-out plan.

@jasonfried @rrhoover Looks interesting. I can't wait what is under the hood :)

@jasonfried @rrhoover any chance for an access code? I'd love to make a video about this for my YT channel and design students. It really ticks all boxes!

@abdu1m There's definitely some truth here. It reads a good bit marketing-y. I have no problem at all paying for email tools or platforms (currently use MailMate), but I would definitely have to use before purchasing. Just a heads up @jasonfried I'm one of the many that emailed (March) but did not get a code or response.

@jasonfried @mickc79 Perfect opportunity for a simple browser extension that always fixes imbox->inbox :)

@jasonfried @mickc79 @mattmanbowz funny you say that :) https://www.producthunt.com/post...

@imanujaku I upvote that.. And upvote your last name

@briankaplan hahaha, back at ya!

@imanujaku seriously, still patiently waiting haha

@themiguelamador ha what about those that requested an invite months ago?

@jmitch Today the team announced they are sending out the invitations. Still waiting for mine.

@jmitch @themiguelamador Same.

@themiguelamador hey would love to try out this new NOT email tool called Hey

@themiguelamador Emailed for a code on may 21st. Haven't had anything through yet.

For those who haven't seen it, here's the walkthrough:

@dhh @circuitfive Thanks! No plans to add Snooze right now. We've been using HEY internally for many months and while I used to occasionally use Snooze in Gmail, I don't miss it (or want it) in HEY. Reply Later and Set Aside work wonderfully in real-world scenarios. There's no theory in this product - we've been hammering it with thousands of real emails over many months of real use, and the concepts hold up really well. I think you'll find the same when you try it.

@jasonfried Set Aside doesn't have a date. i want my accounting emails to reappear in the beginning of the month. snooze is set aside + reminder

@dhh @jasonfried I hope you'll reconsider. For me, snooze was the absolute killer feature of Google Inbox. I use snoozed emails daily, both as long-term reminders set weeks or months away (future action deadlines, reminders e.g. that a package is about to be delivered or that I need to follow up on an invoice, catching up with a contact just before their next budget planning date, etc etc...) and for shorter-term triage (hiding away emails that need action but not today by a few days, or pushing non-urgent personal emails to the evening/weekend). I'm really interested in Hey, and maybe I'm wrong, but snooze is a super core part of how I handle all email every day right now, and the one part that works really well. I can't imagine letting that go.

@allenthird thought the same, but wouldn't be the same email with an inbox? Seems playing with the words, as it is repeated everywhere.

@allenthird I am box

@allenthird "IMbox" is for "IMportant emails"

@allenthird itsnotatypo.com

@rrhoover That domain game 🔥

@benjamin_shyong Intentional. "IMportant INBOX"

@benjamin_shyong @mikaelf dummb

@benjamin_shyong it’s intentional and ridiculous at the same time.