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  1. ShayneyL Thu 23 Nov 2017 05:32AM UTC

    Any idea when invitations will start going out again?

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    1. theway Thu 23 Nov 2017 09:29AM UTC

      Ruri Gokō from Oreimo

      It looks to me like you can already sign up for an invitation. However, since they were closed down, a lot of people will want one, so the queue will be longer. At the current queue length and daily rate, it'll take ~80 days for someone at the end of the queue to be invited.

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      1. ShayneyL Thu 23 Nov 2017 12:14PM UTC

        Holy crap. And I thought it was bad when I had to wait two weeks. :-)

        Thanks!

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        1. samjohnsson Fri 24 Nov 2017 12:48AM UTC

          Purple clockwork gears

          The "how long" is pretty inaccurate at the moment, as the word on the street is that a lot of the spam/junk accounts were just waiting for the queue to reopen. Having the spam checks in place was one of the requirements for reopening the queue at a more reasonable rate, so hopefully the pace will pick up!

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        2. AnonEhouse Fri 24 Nov 2017 03:11AM UTC

          Stark Evolution in action

          I just looked and it now shows they've increased the number of invite requests per day to 2000, so it should be around 11 days.

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          1. ShayneyL Fri 24 Nov 2017 05:56AM UTC

            Thanks! That's great news.

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            1. AnonEhouse Sat 25 Nov 2017 04:42PM UTC

              Stark Evolution in action

              They've increased it again, cutting the wait time way down. If you have already requested an invitation, you can check your position on the waiting list. There are currently 16296 people on the waiting list. We are sending out 5000 invitations per day.

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              1. Al_JustATrekkie Sun 26 Nov 2017 01:13AM UTC

                I'm assuming that includes spammers seeking accounts? I knew ao3 was popular, but I have to admit I didn't think they were popular enough to have 16,000 + people waiting to get in, even with a several week backlog. Mind you, I'm always happy to be proven wrong ;-)

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                1. AnonEhouse Sun 26 Nov 2017 01:34AM UTC

                  Stark Evolution in action

                  I don't know how AO3's spam filtering works, but I doubt they can prevent a spammer's email from getting on the waiting list. I'd be happy to be proved wrong, it just seems likely any weeding out at that stage would also accidentally kick out honest folks.

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                  1. AnonEhouse Thu 30 Nov 2017 02:04AM UTC

                    Stark Evolution in action

                    And they've changed the number of invites going out again. So currently less than 5 days wait.

                    If you have already requested an invitation, you can check your position on the waiting list. There are currently 8395 people on the waiting list. We are sending out 2000 invitations per day.

                    I'm still occasionally finding and reporting a spam account, but mostly now they're not staying up very long- I find them in the most recently added works.

                    Last Edited Thu 30 Nov 2017 02:05AM UTC

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