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I got the email and used the link to RSVP -- but then when I visited the link later, I got the "Sorry to say we didn't accept this application" message. Is this a bug stemming from the application somehow being marked as completed and being taken out of the 'active' list, or some such?

Edit: I did get the "See you there!" message when I RSVP'd as "Yes" initially. It only gave me the rejection message when I went back to /susrsvp after that.

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huh. I got the message, but when I went to RSVP it immediately said "We're sorry to say we didn't accept this application. We had more than twice as many applications as there are seats in the auditorium, so unfortunately we had to reject a lot of people we would have liked to accept."

So I'm wondering if I should show up or not?

Same here. I'm guessing that the link only counts the number of accesses, and pg didn't think that people who either didn't get the acceptance email or didn't apply to go to the link above--hence filling up the count queue.

So those of us on the east coast probably woke up to acceptance emails and rejection rsvps.

That sounds like the most logical explanation since it sounds like some people who received acceptance emails saw the acceptance message and then later were seeing the rejection message. I really hope that acceptance emails weren't sent out to people who were rejected.

Either way, I'm sure it'll all get cleared up today once the west coast wakes up.

i'm hoping that's the case too... pretty cruel way to treat entrepreneurs if it's not a bug...

Yeah, I was super duper excited when I saw that email this morning. It would be pretty cruel if I couldn't go due to an error.

It works for me now. it says "see you there!" Thanks, whoever fixed that.

I had the same thing happen -- got the acceptance email, visited the link and saw the RSVP form, bought my plane ticket, and then when I went back to submit "Yes", I got the rejection page!

Same for me as well.

It's fixed, try again: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=871236

Yep, same here.

Resolved now. Thanks!

Same here, can't RSVP

ditto

Same.

Same

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