> If your business meets these requirements, request an invitation.
Doesn't that defeat the purpose of being "invitation only" which, to me at least, implies the other party knows who they want to invite? That is, invitation only implies hand picked, or pre-chosen by some prior criteria to me. If it's exclusive to select ISPs that meet the criteria and they have to apply, why not just say that instead of the using wording that requires additional explanation to get past people's likely initial interpretation?
It's a "Hey can I come to your party?" and "I'll think about it and get back to you if you can" versus a "I'm coming to your party despite not being asked"
I know what they're trying to do, it just feels amateurish and jarring because cause it's jamming two concepts that are somewhat opposed together.
The whole point of saying the party is invitation only is so random people don't ask you to come.
I think the normal way this is normally done is to say "we're being very selective with who we partner with at this point. Please apply if you think you qualify and we'll get back to you."
That they've chosen not to do the obvious seems purposeful, and that it was done so jarringly on purpose is odd.
> If your business meets these requirements, request an invitation.
Doesn't that defeat the purpose of being "invitation only" which, to me at least, implies the other party knows who they want to invite? That is, invitation only implies hand picked, or pre-chosen by some prior criteria to me. If it's exclusive to select ISPs that meet the criteria and they have to apply, why not just say that instead of the using wording that requires additional explanation to get past people's likely initial interpretation?