I would like to be able to follow sites that have already started private beta, so that I get a notification in the mail when they are open to the public; as well as it appears in my profile.
Why is currently not possible?
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The concept of "following" was really designed for a proposal. Once the site is launched (even though it's in private beta), the proposal is, essentially, closed. There's nothing left to follow.
Update:
You can now "follow" a proposal, even after it enters private beta. By following the proposal, you will be notified when the site enters public beta. We added text to the proposal page and the private-beta login page to let everyone know they can be notified.
[Follow] this proposal to receive an email when public beta begins in 6 days!
answered Mar 3, 2011 at 19:03
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4I really think it would be useful to have some kind of notification mechanism for private-beta sites coming out of private beta.. Links to sites in private beta are passed around, and it is annoying to hit a login-wall that you can't get past, and have to just remember to try again in
xdays. Mar 4, 2011 at 13:07 -
@Blogbeard: I have forwarded your suggestion to the developers. Mar 4, 2011 at 17:02
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@bguiz: The Site Directory now contains an RSS feed to be notified of new sites ... and we now let users "follow" a site while it is in private beta to be notified, as you requested. Mar 8, 2011 at 20:39
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+1 and check @Robert Cartaino : That is awesome, thanks again for taking up the suggestion!– bguizMar 10, 2011 at 2:34
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@Robert : I'd be delighted if you could weight in on this issue as weel: discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/1328/…– bguizMar 26, 2011 at 23:10