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It's a wonderful place. It feels like HN, but with the Silicon Valley attitude dialed way way way down, and with a much narrower scope (politics, economics and
by gspr 3mo ago
It's a wonderful place. It feels like HN, but with the Silicon Valley attitude dialed way way way down, and with a much narrower scope (politics, economics and entrepreneurship are all off-topic, for example).
- christophilus 3mo agoHuh. I’ve largely avoided it, but that does sound pretty nice.
- dgellow 3mo ago[flagged]
- dprkh 3mo agoIf still relevant, you can email me and I will send you an invite. My email is dprkh at fastmail dot com
- NetOpWibby 3mo agoThe SV attitude isn't there but there's active assholes who wield their moderation weirdly. I deactivated my account before deactivations were added to the logs and I don't remember what made me quit. I've largely avoided Lobsters since. I joined their IRC channel last week and it's been rather chill. I do like the invite-only nature of the site though, keeps quality high...while making some folks tyrannical.
- cromka 3mo agoEvery such "club" inevitably attracts a specific sort that badly want to join just for the sense of exclusivity and a chance to virtue-signal their member status. It's same thing with some hard-to-get-into torrent trackers — once in, people become poster-children for Stockholm syndrome and the mods really get off on their perceived power. It's also the same with expensive new sport car models that manufacturers sell to collectors. My intuition says it's to do with Status Signaling theory .
- ai_critic 3mo agoSlight clarification: politics that disagree with the zeitgeist of the site and the mods is off-topic.
- maxloh 3mo agoHi. Could you send me an invite? Email in my profile :)
- maxloh 3mo agoNevermind, I got it. Thank you.