My company Socially Collaborative Media, Inc. is soon releasing a connection/collaboration platform for web video entertainment. We are releasing it as a private beta but we keep asking ourselves the same question, which is "how private does it need to be to be considered a private beta?".
After doing some research on this it seems to me that other sites who are in private beta status only allow "outsiders" to view their About Us, Contact Us, Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and other general links AT MOST. So the private part appears to be where people need invite codes to access features like posting a profile, getting access to core features, and to engage with the site's community.
I guess our private beta isn't totally private because we intend to allow individuals without an invite key to submit a production idea, vote on production ideas, view active projects, view profiles, and allow for forum involvement.
So do we have a semi-private beta on our hands? Should we make it completely private or leave it relatively open?
