Why incentivize spamming my friends with links before I&#x27;ve even seen the app, only to refer them to a waiting line? Sure, launch day momentum and all that, but I wish that as an entity that wants to be &quot;the good guys&quot;, they can find a way to gain a broader audience for their app based on the app itself, not the buzz around it.<p>On a sidenote, does anyone know who funds their full-timers? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;whispersystems.org&#x2F;workworkwork&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;whispersystems.org&#x2F;workworkwork&#x2F;</a> says they&#x27;re not VC funded. But then who pays them?