Question: Discord Invites for Potential Members?

Hello lovely staff!
I have a quick, potentially dumb question. I've got a friend interested in potentially joining, but likes to feel out a new forum before joining. Since the site doesn't allow guests to browse at their leisure, I was wondering if she could join the discord to get introduced to the community? I know the invite is normally only sent out after someone joins and gets a character approved, but is there an alternate option for those wanting to get acquainted before getting set up?

This is definitely a question in general for the future too, it's just I'm using my friend as an example since we're currently deciding what to do.