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Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?

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Post by SaulJLH »

h4waii wrote: post #9
dlisboa wrote: post #8

Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.

Drop an email in your HN profile, I'm sure someone will send you an invite. I find the quantity of comments on lobste.rs to be lacking compared to HN, they are much higher quality but there's not a lot of discussion for some reason.

Can I haz invite too, please?!?

Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?

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Post by ShamelessC »

mod wrote: post #24
ShamelessC wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny to see a complaint about comment quality when your comment is effectively a restatement of what parent comment said. Not trying to be rude of course, I do this myself occasionally (my editing skills are bad on mobile in particular), but to me it’s obvious that fewer comments increases the signal-to-noise ratio.

I consider your critique of the comment entirely invalid, given that he didn't complain about quality, he complained about quantity. He complimented the quality.

Ah! See what I’m saying? Humans are poor commenters, can’t escape it.

Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?

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Post by kayodelycaon »

glouwbug wrote: post #26
romellem wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, I haven’t heard of this before. It seems like to create an account to you an invite?

You can ask around, I'm sure someone will be kind enough to send you one. I've personally never received one but I would like one

One issue with lobste.rs invites is they are a mechanism to vouch for a person. Whoever invited you will show up in your public profile. So there’s a reputation risk if you invite who later gets a lot of negative attention. (Which is why I’ve yet to invite anyone.)

Edit: Here is the text for that.

Invitations are unlimited, but persons you invite will be associated with your account in the user tree and you may be responsible for them if they cause problems. Please use your discretion when inviting persons you don't personally know.

Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?

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Post by 1123581321 »

waynesonfire wrote: post #20
1123581321 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lobste.rs would probably further restrict invitations to protect against a flood of new users.

artificial scarcity, classic marketing scheme. i'd move along.

I know what you mean, but I think many of their users really would prefer the site be ignored by most of the Internet.

Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?

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Post by glouwbug »

kayodelycaon wrote: post #34
glouwbug wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can ask around, I'm sure someone will be kind enough to send you one. I've personally never received one but I would like one

One issue with lobste.rs invites is they are a mechanism to vouch for a person. Whoever invited you will show up in your public profile. So there’s a reputation risk if you invite who later gets a lot of negative attention. (Which is why I’ve yet to invite anyone.) Edit: Here is the text for that. Invitations are unlimited, but persons you invite will be associated with your account in the user tree and you may be re…

Guess I wouldn't want to be responsible for an internet stranger's defamation. I'll keep shit posting on HN

Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?

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Post by slater »

amelius wrote: post #17
dlisboa wrote: post #8

Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.

> Lobste.rs Isn't that for Rust users only?

Actually only for people currently living in Serbia.
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