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Lobste.rs/Hacker News links overlap
- marcus0x62 2y agoI recognize several of the “unique to Lobsters” links as being on the HN front page over the past few days. E.g: https://www.fastmail.com/blog/why-we-use-our-own-hardware https://avi.im/blag/2024/sqlite-past-present-future
- wodenokoto 2y agoOh, man. Even the comments are overlapping!
- numa7numa7 2y agoThis is cool! is there a github?
- tptacek 2y agoA lot of these Lobster-specific links appear to be HN links, just a day or two delayed.
- whateveracct 2y agotech link aggregator trophic levels
- ASalazarMX 2y agoOr more likely, they browse HN. Lobsters was created because some people disliked the moderation, not the content.
- OutOfHere 2y agoI don't advise posting to Lobsters for these reasons: 1. The mods there can "steal" your post and any credit for it, reassigning its authorship to one of their friends. This happens more often than you would think. 2. The users there have a major case of groupthink, much worse than us here, considering they don't even allow outsiders to register it they're not recommended by someone on the inside. Inbred is the label that comes to mind. 3. The community hates AI, and will downvote any valid submission just to drag you down to the lowest denominator. If you too hate AI, maybe it is the place for you.
- sbuk 2y ago> The users there have a major case of groupthink Isn’t that a common feature of most forums? The orange site, in particular, isn’t generally regarded outside of its own bubble as a bastion of independent thought…
- pierrec 2y agoI don't know about lobsters, but every time I see an opinion posted on HN, it seems to get immediately followed by a contrary opinion. I've also changed the settings so the website no longer appears orange, but I'm probably still in the bubble anyways.
- bb88 2y agoIsn't that a product of the industry? Python has one groupthink, Golang another. Martin Fowler's company is named "Thoughtworks". I guess he's trying to control the way we think about stuff?
- krapp 2y agoLobsters is trying to do the same thing as Hacker News - avoid the Eternal September effect at all costs. It just has more direct and overt methods of maintaining and enforcing its culture than here, and that starts with barring the door against the rabble.
- kelseyfrog 2y agoThere's some folks that farm lobste.rs -> HN. Actually just one in particular. They're now in the top10 using this strategy due to how effective it is.
- keyle 2y agoI hope they automated it otherwise I feel sorry for them. I'm yet to see the first karma ATM, where they can withdraw their karma and live a life well earnt!
- speckx 2y agoI think this one user is automated: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=todsacerdoti https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=todsacerdoti
- speckx 2y agoThis one? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=todsacerdoti https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=todsacerdoti
- mooreds 2y agoYeah, I noticed that. I think he set up some automation for that. I confess, I'll sometimes check out lobste.rs/recent and if there's anything interesting, pop over here to submit it. Definitely substantial overlap in terms of posts that are interesting.
- rvba 2y agoCan someone be so kind to invite me to lobste.rs?
- pinjasaur 2y agoI like the visualization aspect. Curious how the data is being aggregated. Previously, I've used this as a source: https://gerikson.com/hnlo/ https://gerikson.com/hnlo/
- not_your_mentat 2y agoI have both in my RSS reader and use the intersection as heuristic signal for astroturfing. If it shows up twice exactly or as an obviously close match I know I can safely completely disregard.