>My own personal theory is that while they are still tweaking the service,
>the main purpose of the invitation-only state is to allow them to scale
>things up gradually instead of being overwhelmed by a mad rush.
>
>Nonny
It also provides a, hmmm, human chain instead of the normal
anonymity of the computer world. I'd bet that, as a result,
they have fewer spammers and other ne'er-do-wells.
Yes it is beta software. It is better than a lot of betas you
encounter now. What's all the rage about beta software anyway?
We have gmail, google groups, and Opera-beta, and in all of
them the beta software is the first choice offered.
-- happy Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list Thinkpad@stderr.org http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpadReceived on Tue Jan 4 12:10:38 2005
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