Famcraft is not a whitelisted server. There is no whitelist at all for a large portion of each day most of the time. During this time we are open to the public and anyone and everyone is free to join. The timeframe the whitelist is off varies day to day with staff availability.
We utilize the whitelist to maintain a good staff:player ratio. We do not want to have an influx of 20 new players if only one staff member is online because we like to offer individualized attention to help each new player get acquainted with the server.
Once a player has joined and learned the rules, then spent a little time on the server we do add them to the whitelist. This allows the player to join and play anytime they like.
The whitelist is just another tool we use to help keep our community safe.