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What is Lobsters? I'm curious about the thing that's helped you wean yourself off tech news, but googling it hasn't helped.

kraftz 10y ago
https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/
- tinbucket 10y ago
  Cheers!
- echelon 10y ago
  If someone has an invite, may I have one? No worries if not. (Sorry for the off-topic spam.)
  - guiambros 10y ago
    Sent. If anyone else needs one, ping me @GuiAmbros.
  - echelon 10y ago
    I can no longer edit my post, but wanted to comment that I just received an invite. Thanks! :)
nickpsecurity 10y ago
I'm on both. HN has a more diverse community and array of content. There's just a ton of stuff on here. That can up the noise for many people but one must simply filter it in their head more effectively. I only click on a few links on the front page with occasionally looking at New and 2nd-3rd pages to see if readers and I would benefit from me bumping one up. Now, Lobste.rs is different. They're a small community with a narrower focus on mostly tech stuff. They have relatively low noise with a preference for deeper insight on tech. You'll see more writeups on algorithms than product releases for instance. They also have an open-source website and open moderation log. A bit radical on occasion like where owner JCS just got rid of downvotes to experiment if upvote-only would keep quality without total censorship. Definitely check out the articles over there on top of the ones here. The comments especially as people often say something there that someone here overlooked or vice versa.
- jjawssd 10y ago
  Most forums ban obvious spam - viagra, porn, etc. But HN bans people for being overly critical, for not agreeing with the groupthink, or perhaps not having enough tact or politeness.
  - nickpsecurity 10y ago
    Maybe they did in the past. I haven't seen it since I've been here. The bans I saw made sense. I countered it with detail on Barnacl.es: https://barnacl.es/c/91kcev https://barnacl.es/c/91kcev
  - dang 10y ago
    That's not true. I don't like to leave such statements unanswered—the community has a right to know that we don't do these things. It would be helpful to see the specific links that you're basing this view on, so we could clear them up.

kraftz 10y ago

https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/

tinbucket 10y ago
Cheers!
echelon 10y ago
If someone has an invite, may I have one? No worries if not. (Sorry for the off-topic spam.)
- guiambros 10y ago
  Sent. If anyone else needs one, ping me @GuiAmbros.
- echelon 10y ago
  I can no longer edit my post, but wanted to comment that I just received an invite. Thanks! :)

nickpsecurity 10y ago

I'm on both. HN has a more diverse community and array of content. There's just a ton of stuff on here. That can up the noise for many people but one must simply filter it in their head more effectively. I only click on a few links on the front page with occasionally looking at New and 2nd-3rd pages to see if readers and I would benefit from me bumping one up. Now, Lobste.rs is different. They're a small community with a narrower focus on mostly tech stuff. They have relatively low noise with a preference for deeper insight on tech. You'll see more writeups on algorithms than product releases for instance. They also have an open-source website and open moderation log. A bit radical on occasion like where owner JCS just got rid of downvotes to experiment if upvote-only would keep quality without total censorship. Definitely check out the articles over there on top of the ones here. The comments especially as people often say something there that someone here overlooked or vice versa.

jjawssd 10y ago
Most forums ban obvious spam - viagra, porn, etc. But HN bans people for being overly critical, for not agreeing with the groupthink, or perhaps not having enough tact or politeness.
- nickpsecurity 10y ago
  Maybe they did in the past. I haven't seen it since I've been here. The bans I saw made sense. I countered it with detail on Barnacl.es: https://barnacl.es/c/91kcev https://barnacl.es/c/91kcev
- dang 10y ago
  That's not true. I don't like to leave such statements unanswered—the community has a right to know that we don't do these things. It would be helpful to see the specific links that you're basing this view on, so we could clear them up.