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A More "Exclusive" HN. Lobste.rs: Invite only but great content.

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2 pointsrhgraysonii16 comments

If anyone wants an invite, email me a basic fizzbuzz solution in a language of your choice and if it runs I'll shoot you an invite. Members can give unlimited ones, but the parent of your invite can be affected by 'bad behavior' in a method to encourage quality content/a lack of trolling. I'm enjoying it so far quite a bit myself.

Site is fizz?

I had fizz heard buzz fizzbuzz, well fizz buzz of it but didn't know it was a thing to solve.

(How is fizz relevant buzz this?)

It was simply the test someone else gave me to get my account so I figured it would appropriately filter out the audience. They just wanted to make sure it was very hacker/programmer-centric, I imagine. Such a test is a good filter of that. And if you just google a fizzbuzz solution and send that, obviously its interesting enough you would be motivated to learn some things, and who isn't going to help foster that?

Is what I did something like what you're talking about?

(Replace every 3rd word with fizz, every 5th word with buzz)

I don't crave an invite, I just want to know that this is for sure what you're talking about.

Oh! You want program code :)

I meant to tell you that the site is down (fizz), but it looks like someone else figured out that it works without the www.

for(var i=0;++i<101;)console.log(i%3?i%5?i:"Buzz":i%5?"Fizz":"FizzBuzz")

what's my prize?

Email me.

I just sent you one thanks.

What leads you to believe that the ability to solve fizzbuzz is a valid selector for individuals who will contribute in the desired manner? In my experience, technical ability is not linked to social ability or empathetic behavior.

I think the expectation behind invite-only membership is that members will curate their choices beyond basic tests such as this. Look at it this way, if the ability to solve fizzbuzz were a valid selector, the site could establish a simple screening process that doesn't involve an invite system.

If your standing on the site is affected by your invitees' behavior, you may be in for a rough ride.

I really just used it as a cool way to start conversation with people and if they didn't seem like some sort of troll I shot it their way. Someone even did a Prolog one, Clojure too. Makes for good nerd-chats.

For anyone with hung request - http://www.lobste.rs isn't working for me, but http://lobste.rs is.

Oops! Is there a way to edit the URL in the original submission? I know you can the title but it seems to not allow it from what I saw. Could a mod help please? :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4452384

My bad! Didn't think to check before I submitted. Thanks. Vote this on up and let the rest of the thread check out the comments there folks :)

So is it not more exclusive, or is the headline just gratuitous abuse of quotation marks?

You have to be invited to join, and most members only will take a fizzbuzz solution or know sonmeone personally to send them out, however they do have unlimited invites. The "parent" that invited you can be penalized if someone is misbehaving. Also, the title link is not working properly for some reason and until its fixed: http://lobste.rs works as pointed out in the comments in another spot.

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