Are there really no other decent online communities out there? I'm increasingly disenfranchised with reddit and lobste.rs is invite-only (not my cup of tea). I've been poking around the various *chans to see if I can brave the noise and chaos in the hope that I'll occasionally find a similar calibre of info as what I find on here.
I haven't been there for a while, but Lainchan isn't all that bad. Quite slow, though.
No kidding. There are still threads from when I first found the site (2014).
If you want more activity, post relevant and interesting projects and thoughts.
You shouldn't cut yourself out over "invite-only", especially when the site itself tells you where to get an invite. It's a small speed-bump to keep out folks without basic politeness and problem-solving skills, not some sort of elitist thing.
The cold fact of the matter is that any community that pitches a wide tent and allows for everyone to join and talk about whatever is going to be unable to maintain a good signal-to-noise ratio...communities that wish to avoid that need to remain focused and conscious of what content they want and do not want.
It's possible to say "this is content that doesn't belong here" while at the same time not painting the content or submitter as deplorable.
Make Overchan one of your hops, there's a huge updated list of chans there:
I visited lobste.rs once, liked what I saw, realized it was invite only and then I never went back there.
Send a PM to the creator Joshua Stein asking for a invite link then?