[nataz]

Was lobster.rs ways invite only? I thought I remembered having an account a long time ago...but my email isn't registered when I go to reset my PW. Because it's a much smaller community it does suffer from low comment counts on posts. Comments are the best part of HN.

[jakewins]

Invite only to write, open to read. But the main trick is tracking the invite tree - if the person that invited you gets banned, you get banned too (or need to appeal to have your “branch” of the invite tree adopted by someone else).

[mikewarot]

So if jcs somehow gets banned, the whole place shuts down?

I find the idea of the site intriguing yet I'm not sure what I could contribute.

[arthurcolle]

It is largely the same as HN

[OkayPhysicist]

Except HN is a mix of tech-bro entrepreneur types and developers, whereas the other site is exclusively developers (with an emphasis on open source).

[throw10920]

jcs started the site, so him getting banned would be quite a feat indeed!

(although it would be an amusing way to shut the site down if he gets tired of maintaining it...)