Ask HN: Why is the Dribbble community so selective?

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13 years ago

I've been wondering lately, why the Dribbble community is so selective about who joins and who doesnt. I understand that this prevents amateur crap from appearing on the homepage (or any other page), but I'm still confused at whether giving the users the power to invite members is the right way to expand.

Another emerging trend is for people to "win" invites. I mean, this makes sure that only good quality work and worthy designers make it to the community, but most of the times, it requires word of mouth and/or even knowing people personally to get drafted by them.

I put together a quick portfolio at : arsalanbashir.tumblr.com, and it was kinda confusing as to what I should do next, because there isn't a set "method" to get drafted. It depends on the whims of somebody else who may or may not even take your work seriously.

What is your opinion about this? Is this the right way to scale a user base?

Thanks

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