On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:27:44 -0600, Fiver's Mom wrote:
>> None of the additional infos (ICQ, AIM, etc) during the registration
>> are mandatory. The only thing you need nowadays is an invitation key
>> and there are several ways to acquire one. It's not that hard to get
>> in. You can always drop by the chat, read the topic and then ask for an
>> invitation, or you can got to http://reddit.com/r/usenetinvites and ask
>> for one there. Or you can just send that email to Chev and have him
>> invite you.
>>
>> The registration is invite only, so people actually have to do
>> something for it. That weeds out the users that only want to grab stuff
>> and are in no way willing to contribute to the forum.
>>
>>
> Ok., I can understand that. However, many times someone will request
> something in an a.mp3 group. The reply is that the book was posted in
> the abook.ws and to go get it there. Well, if you can't login to
> abook.ws that eliminates that option.
>
> Fiver's Mom
Granted, it is invitation only now, but it only has been for about 2.5
months now and was open for everyone to join for more than 2 years. And as
I said, even now, it's really easy to join, drop by the chat, politely ask
for an invitation, in you are.
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