Dave Besbris, Engineering Director of Google+, announced today that Google has opened the social network’s invite system once again in what will undoubtedly be a successful effort to double the field test user base. Numbers regarding the current and target memberships were withheld.

Invites will be throttled, so dropping in long lists of random people is just a waste of time. In other words, nonmembers, asking people you don’t know to invite you might be fruitless.

As agonizing as the wait may be for the super enthusiastic (I’ve heard from a few of you who have lost interest because, “it’s just taking too long,” Google is moving fast, fast, fast to bring you on board. Hang in there!