"Thanks. I just found this information in another series of posts as well. Bummer."

"Myself and our moderators are about to go through the painful process of moving off the wetpaint platform for almost 1,000 members of our community wiki. The inability to invite people to the private site any longer is a major deal-killer for us. I am not a programmer but I just can't understand why something so seemingly simple can't be fixed? Major implications for any private site...c'mon! I remember meeting Chris Kollas and Steven Sather when I first started this site (castle hills) as we talked about improving our enterprise relationship and the possibility of appearing on my TechWiseTV web show. I hate to walk away. "

"This is a very valid point. We are certainly at risk using a free platform and are perhaps a victim of our (relative) success. It seems like a simple thing to correct whatever bug is keeping this from being fixed...I am cool if private sites quit getting new features but c'mon...not fixing something broken? "

"No offense taken. Its not a lazy thing really...its just a un-needed hassle. We have about 10 new users per week...there is no way to coordinate a window of opportunity among anymore than a few people.

Also, to clarify, the fix I am referring to is the buggy headfake we have been giving people by sending them an invite that does not actually work as advertised. That is something that is broken. I understand the need to measure eyeballs and pay for the resource - this is how I get paid in my real job - no problem. Perhaps, if private sites are not supported any longer than the invite button should be turned off?"

"If your site is private, you can't invite to private wikis anymore. The solution is to make the site public, let them join, then make it private again."

"I have a private educational wiki with no ads. If I open my site for an hours to try to get my students on, (We've also been trying for days.) will I have to repeat the process of applying for an ad-free site?"