Microcosm Feature Suggestions

Currently I don't have a forum.
I'm trying to establish my initial user adoption and engagement.

Achieving critical mass where a forum is self sustaining is something even behavioural science doesn't understand but nudge theory is a proven tool

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_theory

Why Email?
1.) Its still the first thing most people look at of a day, so joining my forum will go to the top of their to-do list

2.) People still feel an email from an address is in someway official, rather than some random site

3.) It allows you to invite people *on mass important for generating engagement.

In short any tool that helps possible user adoption should be given to the admins arsenal

What would happen if I register them by email myself?

What site do you have tommy? And can't you just email them?

It is possible to register someone if you know their email address (via the API) and you are the forum admin, but we don't go spamming them. Which makes this only useful if you want to do something in advance of a user arriving on the site, i.e. pre-assign permissions.

Why is "invite" so critical for your forum? You're the first to request it, and getting the early users in a forum is surprisingly hard work. I'd be keen to hear what your scenario is that makes an invite system important, if we've missed something we'll add it to the backlog.