gmail cancelled the invitation system? ur opinion

Well in my opinion there was no point inviting others to join gmail.Yahoo doesnt needs any inviting. So gmail shouldn't do that as well.

I joined gmail over a year ago my oldest email in my first gmail account is from December of 2006. When I joined I needed the referral and ever since then it is the only email I have used as my main account. I think that I ever joined before December but have since deleted the first emails. So I really cant be sure of the exact time that I joined. I think that alot of people use gmail and will continue to for a long time. So many people use gmail nowdays that theres really no need for invitations. They are well known now and from what I can tell extremely well liked.

this is the only reason, i think gmail has stopped this feature. because invitation feature was stopping people to have their gmail account if they dont have any known gmail a/c holder. anyway, this feature will increase gmail users list.

The invite system was there because they want to make a market value like a high quality site got my point it was a publicity stunt when you heard from your friend that .dude have you heard about gmail they allow signups only to invited .dude i wana make an account there this was the stratagy of gmail so now enough publicity they just want more users so they canceled it ... happy mylotting

I agree with the previous response, due to the exclusivity gmail got even better brand value and I think it was also the premier 1 GB mail client at one time. But despite their strategies they have maintained their high standards and provided excellent service to all. I still feel they should keep it on invite basis only. It would prevent miscreants from abusing the gmail account to a certain extent. Otherwise people will start shifting to other exclusive providers. On the other hand it is providing more revenue to gmail so I doubt they will ever revert back.