Re: CHAT GMail

[on requiring an invitation from an existing member]

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 00:23:01 +0100, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
> Actually, this technique was pioneered by livejournal, as a way of
> controlling entry.  It's been done away with now, but was there fro
> quite a while.
I'm sure they weren't the first to come up with the idea.

AFAIK, the rationale behind requiring invitations (or perhaps better:
behing limiting the number of signups) is that officially, the Gmail
service is still in beta, i.e. they're still testing and things could
be broken.

Cheers,
--
Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>