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> Sacha Greif's Telescope is probably the best open source HN clone I found, last time I checked. I find lobste.rs[1] to be pretty nice. Until now I had never

> Sacha Greif's Telescope is probably the best open source HN clone I found, last time I checked. I find lobste.rs[1] to be pretty nice. Until now I had never heard of Telescope. FWIW, I did not find the Telescope "demo app" example very appealing. [1]: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

sgdesign 13y ago
I know the app needs work, but I'd love to know in more detail which part you didn't find appealing. Is it the design?
- ville 13y ago
  I can't speak for the GP, but I also tried the demo and I did find the design sleek and appealing. But when I clicked the comments link on the first post on the front page, it took about 20 seconds to see the comments. Also voting for a comment made the page unresponsive for about a second. I don't know if this is because just the demo server, the underlying technology or lack of optimization in the actual app, but this is what made the otherwise cool demo less interesting to me.
tsm 13y ago
lobste.rs is lovely as a platform and as a community...but my appreciation for it is somewhat limited by my inability to get an account there. Edit: Thanks for the invitation! I retract the above.
- balladeer 13y ago
  I might attract a lot of flack here for saying this, but lobstr.es is a lot HN could have been, alas it is yet to get some serious amount of participation.
  - e12e 13y ago
    Well, I think the whole self-selection on who can participate has a lot to do with that. I wonder if might've been enough to simply sell accounts/memberships at this point?
    - krapp 13y ago
      Their being invitation only and their policy of holding users responsible for anyone they invite suggests they want as little participation there as necessary.
      - Ecio78 13y ago
        Talking about closed community, has anyone tried quibb and has any impression to share?
        balladeer 13y ago
        Well, for one I wouldn't want to authenticate via Twitter, especially when it's not a benign permission like "only basic profile information".
  - deleted 13y ago
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  - egeozcan 13y ago
    How do you even get an account there? Is it really strictly invite-only or is there some sort of a waiting list? The topics on the front page seemed to interest me, I'd give it a try if there was a waiting list.
    - egeozcan 13y ago
      Oh, never mind, there was a "public request" option in the login page
- Collizo4sky 13y ago
  Can i get an invite from you? My email is admin@tech4sky.com

sgdesign 13y ago

I know the app needs work, but I'd love to know in more detail which part you didn't find appealing. Is it the design?

ville 13y ago
I can't speak for the GP, but I also tried the demo and I did find the design sleek and appealing. But when I clicked the comments link on the first post on the front page, it took about 20 seconds to see the comments. Also voting for a comment made the page unresponsive for about a second. I don't know if this is because just the demo server, the underlying technology or lack of optimization in the actual app, but this is what made the otherwise cool demo less interesting to me.

tsm 13y ago

lobste.rs is lovely as a platform and as a community...but my appreciation for it is somewhat limited by my inability to get an account there. Edit: Thanks for the invitation! I retract the above.

balladeer 13y ago
I might attract a lot of flack here for saying this, but lobstr.es is a lot HN could have been, alas it is yet to get some serious amount of participation.
- e12e 13y ago
  Well, I think the whole self-selection on who can participate has a lot to do with that. I wonder if might've been enough to simply sell accounts/memberships at this point?
  - krapp 13y ago
    Their being invitation only and their policy of holding users responsible for anyone they invite suggests they want as little participation there as necessary.
    - Ecio78 13y ago
      Talking about closed community, has anyone tried quibb and has any impression to share?
      - balladeer 13y ago
        Well, for one I wouldn't want to authenticate via Twitter, especially when it's not a benign permission like "only basic profile information".
- deleted 13y ago
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- egeozcan 13y ago
  How do you even get an account there? Is it really strictly invite-only or is there some sort of a waiting list? The topics on the front page seemed to interest me, I'd give it a try if there was a waiting list.
  - egeozcan 13y ago
    Oh, never mind, there was a "public request" option in the login page
Collizo4sky 13y ago
Can i get an invite from you? My email is admin@tech4sky.com