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Sent you an email, in case you're willing to give some info we can use to investigate this. We're always willing to look into any issues like this. Thanks!

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This is off topic on this point, but I wanted to point out a privacy issue with invites (as these codes are given out on forums like these to random strangers). The invite codes show which account was created with those to the person sending invites. I’d rather this be completely hidden (just saying that the code was used is enough) or give an option to the person signing up if they want to reveal their account to the person who invited them.

Would it be possible for you to highlight this to the right people in the team?

Typically invites are used by people who are inviting people they know, in which case it's advantageous for them to be able to find each other.

But you're right that there's an argument that it could work differently. We're planning to get rid of invites shortly, otherwise we might consider enhancements to the invite system to e.g. make this optional.

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