Ask HN: How do non-famous developers get invited to Lobsters?

5 points·dondraper36··6 comments

Based on my experience so far with lobste.rs, its goal is to limit aggressively who can post there. Also, it seems that a lot of posters there are more or less famous software engineers.

That said, I'm wondering how people get invited if you don't personally know any of the members

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Aside from David Chisnall, most of them are not entirely right in the head. Best to just read his comments and move along.

On the other hand, do you really want to become part of such an obscure and exclusive club no one really knows?

I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member

Groucho Marx

(Though something inside me insists it's S. J. Perelman)

Imagine wanting to be part of a social club so deranged they will eject you and everybody else off the premises if the person that invited you uttered some wrongthink that pissed off their sociopathic moderators.

If you still want to join after knowing that, my suggestion is to go outside and touch grass - it isn't worth it.

“Irene” is psycho

When has that happened?

I’ve been on Lobste.rs for years and it’s a perfectly fine community. The links are good quality, tagged correctly, the comments are fine too, often better than HN on some topics, and the moderation seems perfectly fine to me.

Did you bring this kind of vitriol to Lobsters and get banned "unfairly"?

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