https://lobste.rs/about#invitations https://lobste.rs/about#invitations > Invitations are used as a mechanism for spam-control, to slow registrations to a pace

https://lobste.rs/about#invitations https://lobste.rs/about#invitations > Invitations are used as a mechanism for spam-control, to slow registrations to a pace we can acculturate and to encourage users to be nice, not to make the Lobsters userbase an elite club.