diff --git a/app/utils/StateFunctions.js b/app/utils/StateFunctions.js
index e938f140a60957ef7c640ff88e73d55d41e59a28..901dd23a49e5473266f5e95d808657139d626591 100644
--- a/app/utils/StateFunctions.js
+++ b/app/utils/StateFunctions.js
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ export function contentStats(content) {
     let hasFlag = false
     content.get('active_votes').forEach(v => {
         const rshares = String(v.get('rshares'))
+        const voterRepLog10 = repLog10(v.get('reputation'))
+        if(voterRepLog10) {
+            // Don't allow low rep users to gray out everyone's posts.
+            if(voterRepLog10 < 25)
+                return
+        }
         const neg = rshares.substring(0, 1) === '-'
         if(neg) hasFlag = true
         // Prevent tiny downvotes (less than 9 digits) from hiding content
diff --git a/scripts/send_waiting_list_invites.js b/scripts/send_waiting_list_invites.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b68edc936964255b6349f8a1acba98f7fa15cf8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/send_waiting_list_invites.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import models from '../db/models';
+import sendEmail from '../server/sendEmail';
+
+models.User.findAll({
+    attributes: ['id', 'email'],
+    where: {waiting_list: true,  email: {$ne: null}},
+    order: 'id DESC',
+    limit: 2
+}).then(users => {
+    for(let u of users) {
+        const email = u.email.toLowerCase();
+        const m = email.match(/\.(\w+)$/);
+        if (!m || m[1] === 'ru') continue;
+        const confirmation_code = Math.random().toString(36).slice(2);
+        const i_attrs = {
+            provider: 'email',
+            user_id: u.id,
+            email,
+            verified: false,
+            confirmation_code
+        };
+        models.Identity.create(i_attrs).then(() => {
+            sendEmail('waiting_list_invite', email, {confirmation_code});
+        });
+    }
+});
diff --git a/server/server_pages/enter_confirm_email.jsx b/server/server_pages/enter_confirm_email.jsx
index f04b1800be580b2870c0910fa3fa4810d86e2745..75c4ac5ce1dbd0b7b4e47ed0fe56348f22c86090 100644
--- a/server/server_pages/enter_confirm_email.jsx
+++ b/server/server_pages/enter_confirm_email.jsx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function *confirmEmailHandler() {
     }
     if (!eid.verified) {
         yield eid.update({verified: true});
-        yield models.User.update({email: eid.email}, {where: {id: eid.user_id}});
+        yield models.User.update({email: eid.email, waiting_list: false}, {where: {id: eid.user_id}});
     }
     this.redirect('/create_account');
 }