Habra-invites have become good money for many non-pious people, as evidenced by the services that provide services for cheating karma and buying / selling elite / budget accounts (in turn, I’m not sure what elite means in the context of habr). The reason for this was the increased demand for invites and the desire of people to pay for them. What in turn was the answer to the most popular question of recent times - " where is so much spam on Habré? ". Advertising Offers in posts have become much cheaper and cheaper than official advertising. After all, the post will cost only from 15 to 25 dollars (15 per account and 25 for an invite). And by the time the ad is removed or a link account is blocked from / new /, tens of thousands of people can go, which is quite good for a medium / small business. Many may not care, and someone may say "do not like it - do not read." But do not you think that all this slowly and methodically leads to a state of garbage and resource devaluation? Does nobody follow those who are given invites? or are they mostly sold deliberately? Maybe the leadership should review the policies and rules for issuing these invites.
PS: And maybe this is all and is the cause of the second popular phrase - “Habr is not the same”