@paul yeah… I noticed. 😞

@paul what the hell? someone bot'ed testflight slots?

@paul WTF?!? ;)

@paul Lots of excitement here. Congrats.

@paul one of these days ! Don’t worry I won’t report you lol

@paul well that was disappointing. Maybe an email waitlist? And release invites that way?

@paul Haha, wow! I was refreshing from 10:29 (to 10:35), but didn't see a CLIMPSE of anything but the beta is full.... :(

@paul Oh. Should have continued the reloading! Better luck next time!

@paul this is just crazy.

@paul WOW! Are people just constantly trying the link? Do I not understand how this system works? Are we living in a simulation and I am just lagging behind?

@paul Amazing and insane! Congrats!

@paul haha omfg. Okay, that's wild. I guess I'm not too sad about missing the window. Maybe this happened when I stopped tapping for 2s to sit down on the couch.

@paul holy shit! I keep trying, but it's not seeming like it'll happen until release 😅

@paul Huh, it went over? I guess Apple didn't plan for a massive rush on testflight invites, so the counts accumulate asynchronously.

@paul 🥺

@paul missed it again

@paul wow 🤯
Seems there is ALOT of interest in @ivory

Congrats to all winners of the golden ticket to the chocolate factory 🏭

@paul Missed it by a few minutes, grr. I hope you are able to open up to a large crowd at some point. I’m sure many would even pay to get some of that sweet unfinished Ivory. I know I would. I’m so extremely used to seeing the Tweetbot UI when browsing Twitter that anything else feels off.

@paul WOW, you seem to be onto something here…

@paul I kept refreshing every second and it stayed full all the time 😭

@paul sir, I’m optimistic that you are going to make a living off this app. 💰💰💰

@paul haha insane! and a testament to your work…

@paul the TestFlight page literally never changed from this Beta is full despite hammering refresh 😭

@paul The only responsible thing to do is to get up in the middle of the night so that us Europeans get a fair crack of the whip! 😜

@paul Seems like it was a great decision to build a Mastodon app :) 🐘

@paul finally got my slot! 🎉

@paul This bodes really well for the success of Ivory! I hope a large percentage become paid users on release. I know I will!

@paul Wow! My thumbs aren’t fast enough. Could use a snail mail invite. K thx.

@paul went so fast I was hitting refresh constantly from 10:29:55 -> 10:30:15 and the page only said that the beta was full; never that it was open 😅 awesome to see such a huge interest in the app!

@paul holy cow. And here I thought I was refreshing fast enough.

@paul Unbelievable! The hype is real!

@paul can’t believe I was able to make it in this time 😂

@paul I tried it exactly at this time, refreshing every second, but it always said „beta is full“ 😂

@paul Wow! Harder to get than Taylor Swift tickets!

@paul that’s incredible. Missed out this time, but it looks very promising for your team to have that much interest. 😄

@paul I finally got in so thanks 🙏🏻

@paul That mountain is pure snow. Do you know the street value of that mountain?

@paul 🤯

@paul 😳 Appreciate you starting right on the dot! I timed my attempt for that.

@paul Testflight didn't even show anything but full for me in any millisecond past the moment you raised the limit. Oh well. Can't wait for release so I can throw money at you :)

@paul how is that even possible. I did refresh a few times after 10:30:00 but did not see the beta full message disappear. :(

@paul Lol it didn't even show as available for me for a second, and I was refreshing multiple devices.

It's a really big compliment for you and @mark though, don't let that go unnoticed! 👏

@paul No wonder I couldn't get a spot!

@paul

Hope this turns the same for 1.0 launch with subs.

@paul haha, bloody hell. I must’ve been seconds late and was really confused - I’d figured you just hadn’t set it live yet. But I guess this bodes very well for the future of the app :)

@paul 🤯

@paul that’s crazy. Didn’t make it this time, but hopefully next.

@paul I guess trying to join in off the grid, on a road trip, with 2G connectivity does not help at all

@paul it was a rush of adrenaline!

@paul this is nasty. Again no luck 🫠

@paul Insane! Ivory is totally worth the hype though, this app is so good. Thank you for making it!

@paul yeah, I was one if the spammers! I regret nothing.

@paul I could be interpreting this wrong, but seems like there may be some demand for the Tweetbot of Mastodon? :)

@paul it seems that I have good reaction time because I was able to get it 😅

@paul Whoa, didn’t realize I was one of the first 85! Feel pretty cool now ;)

@paul Now I know why I didn’t get it. Thanks.

@paul could have saved me a few minutes of refreshing if only the Fediverse would be a little more realtime 😀

@paul counting myself as actually lucky this time in that case