On the
Facebook
social networking site, a forced invite
is a term associated with Facebook
applications. After installing some
applications, users are then directed to a page where they are prompted to
invite their Facebook friends to also install the application. Some applications
require users to send these requests to successfully complete the installation
of the application itself. In February 2008 Facebook updated its Facebook
Platform Policy stating that the application must present the user with a
friend invite page that includes a Facebook-rendered
Skip,
Cancel,
or
Skip This Step button, or provide users with an alternative means to
navigate off the friend invite page.
Also see
Social
Networking Sites in the Quick
Reference section of Webopedia.