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reminds me of http://hackful.eu http://hackful.eu - good links, good idea, good intentions, but almost no engagement, and the only link with more than 3 comment
by zalew 14y ago
reminds me of http://hackful.eu http://hackful.eu - good links, good idea, good intentions, but almost no engagement, and the only link with more than 3 comments is a meta-discussion.
- stock_toaster 14y agoIt is slower paced, for sure. I kind of find that pleasant though (like drinking a coffee and reading the paper). Seems to make me focus more on the linked content, and less on the discussions.
- zalew 14y agobut then it's not a community, it's more of a link aggregator.
- jamesbritt 14y agoThere was a (surprise!) meta-thread about that, seems some people are happy using the site as a link resource. Me, I prefer to have discussions, but it's been tough going. I'm optimistic but it may take a while. Last time lobste.rs was mentioned on HN there was an influx of people, but the only noticeable effect was that there were more submissions and slightly higher average submission up-vote numbers. Commenting seem to stay about the same.
- polyfractal 14y agoIt's still growing. Development is active, people post plenty of interesting stories. Commenting is slowly increasing. These things take time, and the core group of posters are still posting links on a daily basis which is what a nascent community needs to survive the initial "lull". I'm very hopeful for Lobsters.
- zalew 14y agoI wanted to register, but there is no link. it's some exclusive club?
- abalashov 14y agoI had the same question.
- walrus 14y agoIt's invite-only, but you don't need an account to read it.
- polyfractal 14y agoQuoting from the original "about" post: >Invitations >Not for exclusivity, but rather, invitations will be used as a spam-control mechanism. New users must be invited by a current member and invitations will be unlimited (unless scaling problems temporarily prevent new accounts). If spammers are invited to the site and banned, the user that invited them may also be banned, going up the chain of invitations as needed. https://lobste.rs/s/bkeYe9/about_lobsters https://lobste.rs/s/bkeYe9/about_lobsters
- zalew 14y agoah, ok, I get it. got the invite, signed up.