FTN opened the doors!

[Glitterstep]

invites for donators only, as always... that's what i call invite selling. good job Brandon.

For the record, there is no donate-to-receive-an-invitation system at FTN.

I will however continue to hand out invites to donors from here on

[japadevil]

I earn my one days!

[ElGatonPirata]

Gosh, by the thread title i though FTN was with open signups or something.

[cinephilia]

For the record, there is no donate-to-receive-an-invitation system at FTN.

yes there is since only donators get invites.
brandon perfectly knows that ftn invites are much coveted by his members and that many of them are willing to donate to have a chance of getting one.

not everyone who donated received an invite

not everyone who donated received an invite but there is one thing for sure: only donators receive invites... go figure.

[smcewa11]

I read elsewhere that everyone who donated 10euros got an invite. Something to do with missing donation target recently. Is this not correct?

[Di@monds]

yes there is since only donators get invites.
brandon perfectly knows that ftn invites are much coveted by his members and that many of them are willing to donate to have a chance of getting one.

not everyone who donated received an invite

not everyone who donated received an invite but there is one thing for sure: only donators receive invites... go figure.

one again, great logic th0r

[cs101]

This news reminds me of SCT staff making hell of money by offering double upload and invites to donors and then within an instance running away leaving those innocent donors .. lets see when FTN do the same thing

[Burnsy]

There's a lot of cynicism floating around here... maybe it's justified, maybe it's not...

How long has FTN been 'closed off' and how long have people been looking to get invited?

It could simply be a case of them looking for some fresh members and using existing, trusted member who have proven themselves over the piece as a way of inviting people they know. Surely this is better than just opening the doors to anyone joining up... and may also help to stem the flow of invites going to those 'collectors' who donate, get the invite, then trade it off or sell it or whatever.

I dunno Brandon, I dunno that much about FTN particularly, but from reading stuff he's posted in the past, and from reading various members of FTN chatting about the site and the community it doesn't really sit right thinking it would go the way of ScT... perhaps I'm wrong, but hey... what's the point of being so cynical and looking on the downside all the time??

[cinephilia]

as for me, i was just stating a fact - no cynicism intended.

[Burnsy]

as for me, i was just stating a fact - no cynicism intended.

It wasn't directed at anyone it particular mate... just a general impression I suppose on the tone of the thread as a whole

I don't see why those who put as much time and effort into running a site shouldn't be helped out with the costs involved. Sure they won't be astronomical, but any site owner who values their site knows to keep what extra they may have been donated one month to the side, in case the costs aren't met the following month... perfectly reasonable imo.

If they want to offer an invite to those who donate, subject to whatever criteria then fair play.

In this day and age it seems to be more and more about site security and you can't blame those who are taking the risks for wanting to be careful