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Lobster's barrier to entry is high enough (shades of gmail invitations) that in my humble opinion most people will choose the site over the browser.
by technofiend 2y ago
Lobster's barrier to entry is high enough (shades of gmail invitations) that in my humble opinion most people will choose the site over the browser.
- christophilus 2y agoWhat? Why is that?
- technofiend 2y agoLobsters is invitation only: you have to find someone willing to sponsor you and your sponsor's reputation is tied to yours. In fact, the entire tree of sponsors is public. So people aren't just going to sponsor a stranger, and ostensibly people who use the site are well-behaved due to potential reputational impacts to both themselves and their sponsor if they misbehave. In my humble opinion someone who went through all the trouble to get access and maintain it is far more likely to switch browsers to stay on the site. Then again I'm just guessing because I don't have access to lobsters myself! Perhaps it's just projection on my part.
- Gud 2y agoAnd to be clear, “misbehave” also means having a dissenting, unpopular opinion.
- SansGuidon 2y agoDespite being a member of Lobsters for 5 years I've immediately disabled my account as soon as I felt the community becoming so hostile to brave users. I mean, I have no time to invest with a community that makes it so difficult to reach them and discuss any issue. Web is already painful enough.
- AlexeyBelov 2y agoDo you have a different username there? I couldn't find your account.
- SansGuidon 2y agoIt's now inactive-user on lobsters but it does not matter much anymore. I had changed my username few times on Lobsters.
- SSLy 2y agoThey've changed their username. It's visible in the log.
- EasyMark 2y agoI was on there for while, but I wasn’t really impressed by it. I prefer reddit even with all the chaos there.