I see that Matt has opened up WordPress.com for signups without invites. So you no longer need an invite or a copy of Flock to signup for a WordPress.com blog
The service has been scaling very well since we got the problems from the move worked out.
This is very exciting news. I think there will be some great things to come out of this project. Especially the community aspects.
I also noticed that Google’s Gmail has removed the “invitation” block from the logged in screens. Though there isn’t a general “sign up here” notice on their home page. However like using Flock to get into WordPress.com, there has been a non-invitation route in to gmail for a while; you can sign up to Gmail via SMS.
Hmmm. I still have the “Invite a friend” functionality available when I log in to my Gmail account.
Just thought it was worth mentioning.
Much warmth,
Murray @ PlanetThoughtful
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that’s weird — I’ve still got the invites box. Maybe it’s because I’ve set the language to English (UK)…
I still have an “Invite a friend” section in Gmail. Is this another US/UK english difference?
G Mail. wuz t’at? sounds cool dude.
John Doe, see gmail.com.
Karan, I have tried both US and UK settings and I get no invitations!
Interestingly, the wording on the Gmail help pages about invitations still reads like they are scarce.