> Lobste.rs founding had absolutely nothing to do with HN being an “astroturf forum” It absolutely had everything to do with it. That's the reason lobste.rs is

> Lobste.rs founding had absolutely nothing to do with HN being an “astroturf forum” It absolutely had everything to do with it. That's the reason lobste.rs is invite only forum. They had a rather big drama there recently as astroturfer still snuck in even through invite only system resulting in increasing of account restrictions on posting etc. Personally I think their limits are a bit too strict though when you browse hacker news almost every day you can see how that's necessary.