Giving Hubski a sort of exclusivity may make it appear more valuable to new users, like ello. But it's hard enough getting into Hubski and getting comfortable. There's no social hype for people to get on Hubski like there was for ello, and we're tight-knight and small enough as it is. I think we could juggle the idea of gating this community, but perhaps we could make it so that it's not really exclusive in reality-- call it Splenda exclusivity. Here's my idea: Everyone, always, can access the site whenever they want. When they Sign Up though, they verify with an e-mail and you say, "Thanks for registering to our community waiting list! We will contact you when(if?) new invites are sent out to be a member of Hubski." then you send 'em an email one week later. This does, in a way, also cover the very controversial ideas during the "Mute Wars" regarding a waiting period between registry and activity. Whaddaya's think? edit: I still dont think we should be doing anything at all, this was a compromise idea:)