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Comment by jacquesc | Hacker News Reader

http://lobste.rs seems like exactly what you want. It's a good community, give it a try

reminds me of http://hackful.eu - good links, good idea, good intentions, but almost no engagement, and the only link with more than 3 comments is a meta-discussion.

It is slower paced, for sure. I kind of find that pleasant though (like drinking a coffee and reading the paper). Seems to make me focus more on the linked content, and less on the discussions.

but then it's not a community, it's more of a link aggregator.

There was a (surprise!) meta-thread about that, seems some people are happy using the site as a link resource.

Me, I prefer to have discussions, but it's been tough going. I'm optimistic but it may take a while.

Last time lobste.rs was mentioned on HN there was an influx of people, but the only noticeable effect was that there were more submissions and slightly higher average submission up-vote numbers. Commenting seem to stay about the same.

It's still growing. Development is active, people post plenty of interesting stories. Commenting is slowly increasing. These things take time, and the core group of posters are still posting links on a daily basis which is what a nascent community needs to survive the initial "lull".

I'm very hopeful for Lobsters.

I wanted to register, but there is no link. it's some exclusive club?

I had the same question.

It's invite-only, but you don't need an account to read it.

Quoting from the original "about" post:

>Invitations

>Not for exclusivity, but rather, invitations will be used as a spam-control mechanism. New users must be invited by a current member and invitations will be unlimited (unless scaling problems temporarily prevent new accounts). If spammers are invited to the site and banned, the user that invited them may also be banned, going up the chain of invitations as needed.

https://lobste.rs/s/bkeYe9/about_lobsters

ah, ok, I get it. got the invite, signed up.

on the topic, I dare ask for an invite to lobste.rs if someone has one lying around. I promise I won't be an ass.

(Cause a week ago I reached the threshold of wanting to leave a comment enough times)

invite just sent..

Any chance I could grab an invite too? My email: http://scr.im/backus

So quick :) thank you

thanks, also to the other people who invited me. Too bad, invites don't show up as a graph :)

I'd appreciate an invite too, if you still have any and are willing to share.

jerod dot santo at gmail dot com

Likewise, a spare invite would be appreciated. http://scr.im/amh

Been hanging out at Lobsters for a while. Any chance I could get an invite too? Thanks! :)

Got it. Thank you! :)

An invite would be appreciated if you, or anyone else seeing this, can offer one.

http://scr.im/2pty

I'd love an invite too :)

edit: thanks polyfractal!

hey, would love one as well http://scr.im/ambros. Thanks in advance!

You're making it awfully hard to get your Email address.

indeed, must admit it's a silly idea (especially when I'm the one asking a favor :)

ambros at gmail.

Got it, thank you!

Hi, I'd really like one too. Thanks. http://scr.im/mklnz

Can you send me one as well? albzey@gmail.com

Thanks in advance!

That site has even less information about itself than HN. Who runs it? What are the rights/licences on content? What is it about?

https://lobste.rs/s/bkeYe9/about_lobsters

https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

Speaking of Lobste.rs, has anyone an invitation? That'd be amazing.

Yes! Would love an invite to Lobste.rs too please. Looks excellent. (Don't have an invite as of 7pm EST 12/15).

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