Hopefully this will help with their backlog. One problem I have with the way the invite system works now is there's very little feedback once you request an invitation.
I requested one a few months ago and I haven't heard anything about it since, not even a single email. As far as I'm concerned I'm stuck in the limbo of their backlog.
A yes/no answer would be preferable to limbo. Or perhaps allow Forrst members and/or the requester to comment on invite requests?
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.
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.
It took a lot of loading new posts, but I finally got a snippet of C++. Right now it does seem like there are a lot of images. Maybe one way they could improve the process is by having different pools of posts for developers, designers, and developers/designers.
Well, the new system seems to be working with dramatically different speed. I just applied and became part of Forrst in the span of about five minutes.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 33.2 ms ] threadI requested one a few months ago and I haven't heard anything about it since, not even a single email. As far as I'm concerned I'm stuck in the limbo of their backlog.
A yes/no answer would be preferable to limbo. Or perhaps allow Forrst members and/or the requester to comment on invite requests?
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.
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.
http://forrst.com/i/5u2