"So I created a site, and then made it private (on settings/permissions). Then I sent invitations to people to join, but they were unable to join. Why is this? Can I only make a site private after I have the members that I want?
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"yy10, I'm sorry that you don't like reading our threads. I would therefore encourage you to not read them. I know that I don't read all of the the threads on Wetpaint Central, and there is nothing forcing you to read them. Regarding your request that we leave, with all due respect, we are just trying to air our grievances. We are following forum rules as best we can (or at least I am). The bottom line is that either this is a censored forum or it isn't. At present, it isn't.

Anon, above, I hear your pain. I'm much less sympathetic, though. My understanding is that when a good company lays people off, it will often have some sort of severance package. That money comes straight out of it's bottom line, but it does it to maintain the goodwill of it's remaining employees (at least, that's my understanding). I don't see any attempt at making some sort of "severance package" by Wetpaint. You say that you are having to leave Wetpaint and start over. I think that they should at least talk to us and tell us what workarounds they have attempted. There must be a million things that they could try."

"I think you will find that a lot of people who set up private wiki site will take your advice and leave.

I will. And my 20 bucks a month for ad removal will go with me.

You're tired? I'm exhausted having had to explain this unforeseen and unannounced development to my boss.

This ain't a service improvement. It's a service downgrade. Anyone with a private wiki will tell you that."