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Passing the torch
- overcast 9y agoWhat exactly does Lobsters solve? Who does this cater to?
- sarabande 9y agoSeems like a tech news link aggregator like HN, except it's invite-only: https://lobste.rs/about https://lobste.rs/about
- phlo 9y agoIf you (or anyone else on here) would like an account, feel free to post a comment with your email address or shoot me a message (address in profile). Edit: Invites sent for any requests up to 14:50 UTC. I'll check the thread later on for updates.
- gpm 9y agoCan I take you up on that? I've been lurking on there for a long time and having an account to post the occasional comment would be nice. Email is morenzg@gmail.com
- zie 9y agozie@birl.org
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- btkramer9 9y agobtkramer9@gmail.com
- mparramon 9y agomparramont@gmail.com
- rfreytag 9y agoI'd appreciate an invite - thanks! lobste@freytag.org
- drunkenfly 9y agoctpeko3a@gmail.com Many thanks!
- sinemetu11 9y agosgarrett@iheart.com
- dmitri1981 9y agod.grabov@gmail.com
- msla 9y agoI'd enjoy one, please. chbarts@gmail.com Thank you.
- forgueam 9y agoforgue@gmail.com Thank you!
- bleakcabal 9y agogilles.leblanc@gmail.com
- semperdark 9y agoThe idea looks interesting, but looking at the frontpage there seem to be very few threads with any comments on them. Maybe I'm missing something about the format. Do you feel that there's a sense of community and discussion? Or is it mostly a feed of interesting things?
- phlo 9y agoTBH I mostly just lurk there and use it as a feed of interesting things when my need for procrastination exceeds what even HN has to offer. It's surfaced some nice stories though, that I didn't see on HN. From what limited view I've had into the community, the quality of the discussion seems similar to HN. With a lot less volume, of course.
- guildan 9y agoguildan.hn@gmail.com
- UncleSlacky 9y agoYes please! uncle_slacky@yahoo.com
- stuffedBelly 9y agogamermorbid@gmail.com
- gduplessy 9y agoI'd love one gduplessy+lobsters@gmail.com
- KGIII 9y agoSure... uninvolved@outlook.com Thanks!
- KGIII 9y agoI'll add my thanks here. I suppose thank you type posts aren't always the most productive, but I am adding it because it also serves as confirmation that my I invite was received and, of course, that I am grateful.
- marktangotango 9y agoAccount please: mttdgf gmail
- le-mark 9y agoI'd also like an account: support at getfilemapper.com
- meatcar 9y agolobsters@denys.me
- lzy 9y agoThank you, kind sir.
- DanBC 9y agoI think that HN used to have opaque moderation - people would find themselves shadow-banned and not know why. Lobste.rs makes different choices around moderation (including user moderation) and is a lot more transparent than HN. Lobste.rs is a good community, and I'm glad it's sill going to be around. Things have changed a bit on HN though. If a mod chooses to ban someone they almost always leave a message. (I think, I'm not a mod.)
- lucozade 9y agoBeing invitation only, presumably, makes it much harder for someone who has been banned to quickly set up a new account and continue the nefarious behaviour. Shadow banning mitigates that somewhat as it can take a little while for the person to realise they're banned.
- justmyself 9y agoShadow banning is the most lowly form of moderation.
- laurent123456 9y agoI've noticed that posts tend to be more technical on Lobsters than on HN. For example you'll rarely find posts about gravitational waves or medicine Nobel Prize (to take some examples in the current HN top posts), it's more about programming, software, technical stuff. Quality is good in general both in terms of posts and comments, so it's a good complement to HN.
- tedunangst 9y agoThe founder was banned from HN for asking why a story title was changed. People like that.
- reitanqild 9y agoI think HN is a whole lot better than it used to be. (I think shadowbans used to be common back when pg ran this site.) I'm still happy that other sites exist.
- KGIII 9y agoI'm pretty easy going, so I haven't experienced it, but shadowbanning seems like a nefarious thing. I'd much rather, I think, know that I have been banned and why I have been banned. That is actually speculation. I've never actually been banned from any online community.
- reitanqild 9y agoIn case it wasn't clear I agree. I think todays practice is a whole lot better. I also haven't been banned yet but I feel I sometimes annoy dang a lot even when I try to be as polite as possible without letting go of the facts so I won't be surprised if/when it happens.
- KGIII 9y agoI sorta told a mod off, not dang but one of the guys at night usually, before I knew he was a moderator. What I respect is that he never even mentioned his moderator status. I figured it out when I saw him threaten to ban someone at a later date and remembered the username. So, I have grown to respect the moderation here. It is generally a light touch and I've seen them give multiple earnings. They seem to be pretty even headed and aren't power hungry or overly controlling. I realize this strays a bit far from the topic at hand, but it seems related enough to share. It's also a good time to point out that they were right, I was wrong, and I am sorry for grumping at them.
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- p0nce 9y agoTrust system for invites and transparent moderation.