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Ask HN: Getting a Lobster.s Invite in '22

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Post by rpastuszak »

Apologies if this sounds as if I was trying to start a controversial or inflammatory thread. I'm just a bit tired of the comment section here and Lobste.rs seem to be a bit more friendly. This is not a thinly veiled comment/hot take about the state of HN.

Getting invites using their IRC used to be easy, but now it takes ages, so I thought I'd ask here.

Re: Ask HN: Getting a Lobster.s Invite in '22

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Post by gregdoesit »

Keep in mind that inviting strangers to the site carries risks. After being an active member on the site for about a year - and liking it - I sent out my first ever invite for someone I didn’t know personally, but who seemed to be alright based on Twitter. That person was promptly banned for self-promotion [1], I apologized on behalf of this person I didn't know but invited [2] and was subsequently banned for having sent the invite [3]

Making it hard to get an invite, and not inviting strangers is by design, as I understand.

[1] https://lobste.rs/u/sebastienlorber

[2] https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1295409271119765504

[3] https://lobste.rs/u/gregdoesit

Re: Ask HN: Getting a Lobster.s Invite in '22

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Post by jitl »

Lobsters is wonderful for hard-banning politic, more programming focused, but is even more groupthink-heavy in the Haskell direction which gets a little boring. Conversations on programming are usually more informed, but also more predictable. They also ban really great contributors like https://github.com/BurntSushi for “self-promotion” which is very frustrating to me. I still visit both sites and probably comment more here still.

https://lobste.rs/u/jitl

Re: Ask HN: Getting a Lobster.s Invite in '22

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Post by Beltalowda »

jitl wrote: post #7

Lobsters is wonderful for hard-banning politic, more programming focused, but is even more groupthink-heavy in the Haskell direction which gets a little boring. Conversations on programming are usually more informed, but also more predictable. They also ban really great contributors like https://github.com/BurntSushi for “self-promotion” which is very frustrating to me. I still visit both sites and probably comment m…

> They also ban really great contributors like https://github.com/BurntSushi for “self-promotion” which is very frustrating to me.

BurntSushi was most definitely not banned; he removed his own account.

Re: Ask HN: Getting a Lobster.s Invite in '22

#9

Post by gerikson »

jitl wrote: post #7

Lobsters is wonderful for hard-banning politic, more programming focused, but is even more groupthink-heavy in the Haskell direction which gets a little boring. Conversations on programming are usually more informed, but also more predictable. They also ban really great contributors like https://github.com/BurntSushi for “self-promotion” which is very frustrating to me. I still visit both sites and probably comment m…

BurntSushi wasn't banned, they left the site voluntarily after reading a possibly inflammatory canned passage in a moderation message.

Edit to add the discussion about their decision is the most-commented submission on the site so far

https://lobste.rs/s/zp4ofg

Re: Ask HN: Getting a Lobster.s Invite in '22

#10

Post by burntsushi »

jitl wrote: post #7

Lobsters is wonderful for hard-banning politic, more programming focused, but is even more groupthink-heavy in the Haskell direction which gets a little boring. Conversations on programming are usually more informed, but also more predictable. They also ban really great contributors like https://github.com/BurntSushi for “self-promotion” which is very frustrating to me. I still visit both sites and probably comment m…

This is misinformation. I wasn't banned. And I was never warned about self-promotion. I left because I got flagged so much by my fellow community members that the web site promoted a banner that asked me to consider leaving[1].

I don't understand why people lie so blatantly like this. Please stop.

[1]: https://twitter.com/burntsushi5/status/1399543042261061633

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