I've read the lobste.rs moderation log for a while and i think its a bad platform. pushcx bans first and considers second, there were several times users complained about it in the irc channel.

I remember the time when the poster of the (at that moment) no. 1 post got banned for self-promotion, because it was a link to their own blog.

The dataswamp domain ban also was a disgrace that looked like pushcx had no skin and a bad day.