Thank-you — /r/{ulid}/thanks
Who opens it: the person who just pressed submit, plus anybody they forward the link to.
What they came to do: confirm it worked, and find out what happens next.
True when they leave: they know who is registered, that an email is coming, and — if money is owed — how to pay.
Decisions already made
- Its headline says the state, not a hope (Pilot Day, C5): "You're in" only once confirmed; "On the waitlist"; "Received — waiting for approval" while a decision is pending; "Received — payment still to come" when money is owed.
- On the form, a full day says "— full, waitlist only", or "— closed" when it keeps no waitlist.
- It lists everybody who was registered by name. "Thank you" alone does not answer the question people actually have, which is did all four of us go in.
- It is the page that announces completion to an embedding group (
postMessage), because a submitted form redirects here — the form itself never learns it succeeded. - It stays silent when it is not inside an iframe, so a normal visit posts nothing anywhere.
- It is not signed: it is reached by redirect and shows nothing a registrant did not just type.
Open questions
- It says "we'll email the details soon" — which is true, and vague. Should it say when (T-12 days, per the schedule)?
- An unpaid registration currently shows its state but leans on the self-service page to pay. Should paying start here?
- No add-to-calendar here, only on the self-service page. This is the moment people would use it.