@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net Not that unpopular among regional instance admins. Edmontonian Social was and is invite only. I see this as a necessity since it is trying to encourage people to meet face-to-face, and find build local connections. Invitations kinda necessitate people meeting in-person to join in the first place. I don't mind slow adoption as it helps me keep on top of moderation, as I learn the ropes of hosting a social platform.
Our members can create invitation codes once a day. This is to prevent malicious people from mass creating invites, thus opening bot accounts fast. Also new users are prevented from creating new invites for some time. It may seem excessive, but people I met mostly welcomed the thought put into deterring bots and spammers.