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You'll probably enjoy Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/
A blog post I wrote got shared there a while back, but I did not ask for an invite back then. 2 years later, and I don't feel legitimate to ask for an invite anymore
I concur. It's like HN but with less AI/VC BS.
Little too programming focused though, not much tech news
Do you know if they have any plan to stop requiring invites? I've been interested for many years, but the invite system rubs me the wrong way.
There's a mastodon bot... but it's one-way of course.
I don't think so. It's probably what keeps it small and more personal. There is also the notion of responsibility: if a person I invite causes trouble, it's potentially on me. Maybe not on the first infraction, but if one invites 20 spammers/cryptobros/venturecapitalists, it's reasonable to block the inviter too.
I'm not arguing one way or another (that's not my decision anyway), but I can understand why they do this.
Is it still invite only? I've been curious. I have Tildes.
Edit: I should probably just lurk. I don't comment on tildes anyway. Don't feel my comment style is up to the standard lol.