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I feel like Lobsters has better quality discourse nowadays though, due to its much more explicit vetting system. I am not part of that website, yet I love readi

by _as31 4y ago

I feel like Lobsters has better quality discourse nowadays though, due to its much more explicit vetting system. I am not part of that website, yet I love reading the comment section there.

citizenkeen 4y ago
What is this? My Google-fu is weak.
- moffkalast 4y ago
  lobste.rs is what I can find. Likely tries to make its SEO as bad as possible to avoid discovery, which is kinda funny.
  - nataz 4y ago
    Was lobster.rs ways invite only? I thought I remembered having an account a long time ago...but my email isn't registered when I go to reset my PW. Because it's a much smaller community it does suffer from low comment counts on posts. Comments are the best part of HN.
    - jakewins 4y ago
      Invite only to write, open to read. But the main trick is tracking the invite tree - if the person that invited you gets banned, you get banned too (or need to appeal to have your “branch” of the invite tree adopted by someone else).
      - mikewarot 4y ago
        So if jcs somehow gets banned, the whole place shuts down? I find the idea of the site intriguing yet I'm not sure what I could contribute.
        arthurcolle 4y ago
        It is largely the same as HN
        OkayPhysicist 4y ago
        Except HN is a mix of tech-bro entrepreneur types and developers, whereas the other site is exclusively developers (with an emphasis on open source).
        throw10920 4y ago
        jcs started the site, so him getting banned would be quite a feat indeed! (although it would be an amusing way to shut the site down if he gets tired of maintaining it...)
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nerdbert 4y ago
Just looked at lobsters and there are zero comments on almost all posts.
- sangnoir 4y ago
  Q.E.D.
im3w1l 4y ago
Signed up day one with a one char username. Tried to use it a few years later and by then it had been deleted. Understandable I guess, but I'm still salty about it. Just had to get that story off my chest.

by _as31 4y ago

I feel like Lobsters has better quality discourse nowadays though, due to its much more explicit vetting system. I am not part of that website, yet I love reading the comment section there.

citizenkeen 4y ago

What is this? My Google-fu is weak.

moffkalast 4y ago
lobste.rs is what I can find. Likely tries to make its SEO as bad as possible to avoid discovery, which is kinda funny.
- nataz 4y ago
  Was lobster.rs ways invite only? I thought I remembered having an account a long time ago...but my email isn't registered when I go to reset my PW. Because it's a much smaller community it does suffer from low comment counts on posts. Comments are the best part of HN.
  - jakewins 4y ago
    Invite only to write, open to read. But the main trick is tracking the invite tree - if the person that invited you gets banned, you get banned too (or need to appeal to have your “branch” of the invite tree adopted by someone else).
    - mikewarot 4y ago
      So if jcs somehow gets banned, the whole place shuts down? I find the idea of the site intriguing yet I'm not sure what I could contribute.
      - arthurcolle 4y ago
        It is largely the same as HN
        OkayPhysicist 4y ago
        Except HN is a mix of tech-bro entrepreneur types and developers, whereas the other site is exclusively developers (with an emphasis on open source).
      - throw10920 4y ago
        jcs started the site, so him getting banned would be quite a feat indeed! (although it would be an amusing way to shut the site down if he gets tired of maintaining it...)
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nerdbert 4y ago

Just looked at lobsters and there are zero comments on almost all posts.

sangnoir 4y ago
Q.E.D.

im3w1l 4y ago

Signed up day one with a one char username. Tried to use it a few years later and by then it had been deleted. Understandable I guess, but I'm still salty about it. Just had to get that story off my chest.