Forrst releases new invite system & notifications

When I wanted to get on forrst, I looked at the request process on the site and it was obviously broken. So I looked into other avenues of recieving an invite - much, much more effective. There are easily researched places where people have plenty of direct invites - all you have to do is show a portfolio.

Of course, that may not be necessary now since every forrst member effectively gets 2.5 invites a day for the request backlog and invites are not as strongly tied to your reputation.

Same here, been about 2 months and didn't hear anything. Just sent a new one, already seems much improved in that you get an application url. However, part of the application is critiquing a visual design - that seems biased against developers. There are definitely some very talented developers who would be great members of the community but don't know anything about graphic design.

If anyone would be willing to vote a fellow HNer here's mine: http://forrst.com/i/5uz

Sidenote: There's is something to be said for the allure of exclusivity in these types of networks. Also, perhaps requiring a community vote / interview process before allowing write permissions on HN could be a way to stem the decline there's been so much talk about lately. Perhaps a short form of the yc application to be voted on.

edit: bout 40 minutes later, I'm in. thanks anyone who voted.