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Maybe something like https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/ where you have to get vouched by another poster before you can comment.

zelphirkalt 2y ago
I never really understood, how lobster is working or is supposed to work. I don't know any other HN posters, let alone lobster posters personally. How would I ever find someone to vouch for me? And why should anyone, since they don't know me personally either? Do people just randomly vouch for others then? Or is it like a closed society kind of club? Or do people do some vetting procedure, that they personally like, and then vouch for others, that they vetted?
- Macha 2y ago
  I think there's been some people who have had e.g. multiple successful articles on HN that got them vouched for on lobste.rs (and presumably had some sort of public contact to let them know to create an account), but there's also been people that just invited all their coworkers. So defacto it's sort of like a members club with occasional honorary membership.
- ballooney 2y ago
  Just ask on their IRC channel. The bar is set very low.
- detaro 2y ago
  it's just an online forum, so "vouching" is not a particularly big deal. So if someone is vaguely aware of you from somewhere else online they'll probably give you an invite, or even if they've never heard of you but you have some kind of public footprint they can look at. Or if something you've built or written ended up on the site, that's pretty much an automatic invite since people should be able to participate if something made by them is discussed.
matheusmoreira 2y ago
How does one get an account on that site? I saw a project of mine get submitted there and wanted to participate in the thread but signups were closed. Do you have to be invited?
- detaro 2y ago
  https://lobste.rs/about https://lobste.rs/about > The quickest way to receive an invitation is to talk to someone you recognize from the site. If you wrote a link that was posted, please reach out in chat, we'd love to have you join the community. Finally, if you can't find anyone you know in the invitation tree and didn't author something posted to the site, consider getting to know the community in the chat room.
  - matheusmoreira 2y ago
    Thank you!

zelphirkalt 2y ago

I never really understood, how lobster is working or is supposed to work. I don't know any other HN posters, let alone lobster posters personally. How would I ever find someone to vouch for me? And why should anyone, since they don't know me personally either? Do people just randomly vouch for others then? Or is it like a closed society kind of club? Or do people do some vetting procedure, that they personally like, and then vouch for others, that they vetted?

Macha 2y ago
I think there's been some people who have had e.g. multiple successful articles on HN that got them vouched for on lobste.rs (and presumably had some sort of public contact to let them know to create an account), but there's also been people that just invited all their coworkers. So defacto it's sort of like a members club with occasional honorary membership.
ballooney 2y ago
Just ask on their IRC channel. The bar is set very low.
detaro 2y ago
it's just an online forum, so "vouching" is not a particularly big deal. So if someone is vaguely aware of you from somewhere else online they'll probably give you an invite, or even if they've never heard of you but you have some kind of public footprint they can look at. Or if something you've built or written ended up on the site, that's pretty much an automatic invite since people should be able to participate if something made by them is discussed.

matheusmoreira 2y ago

How does one get an account on that site? I saw a project of mine get submitted there and wanted to participate in the thread but signups were closed. Do you have to be invited?

detaro 2y ago
https://lobste.rs/about https://lobste.rs/about > The quickest way to receive an invitation is to talk to someone you recognize from the site. If you wrote a link that was posted, please reach out in chat, we'd love to have you join the community. Finally, if you can't find anyone you know in the invitation tree and didn't author something posted to the site, consider getting to know the community in the chat room.
- matheusmoreira 2y ago
  Thank you!