[pmjoyce]

Thanks!

Totally agree, beta signups is almost the definition of a vanity metric. That said, at this particular (very early) stage of product development I wanted to solicit as much feedback as possible much of which was gathered from usage data - particularly first time users usage patterns. Having a reserve of signups that I could drip into the app as we released new features was useful in itself.

Will have have a think about whether I can add any value above the noise of the generic blog posts that you mention, thanks for your interest.

Feel free to drop me a line for a private discussion. I'm seriously impressed what you're doing with BitDeli!