<story><title>Lobsters</title><url>https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Hakashiro</author><text>I had an account here. I still do.&lt;p&gt;Like some other people point out: Invitation-only means trolls are less likely to show up. But the higher end of quality is not significantly better than HN.&lt;p&gt;If anything, it might be worse.&lt;p&gt;My experience with the moderation there is that some people post clear self-promotion articles, but when I attempted to post my things, I get told that this content is not welcome on the site. Why my content is not welcome and other people&amp;#x27;s self-promotional articles are I don&amp;#x27;t quite understand, but it is obvious they don&amp;#x27;t need me on the website.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>evantbyrne</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been lurking on Lobsters for a while, and have definitely noticed that the self-promotion rule is selectively enforced. Just pivot into exclusively writing content about an impractical docker alternative, and you should be golden.&lt;p&gt;Snark aside, they could codify exactly what frequency of self-posting is allowed, and let the existing voting system dictate what rises to the top. I&amp;#x27;m not sure Lobsters sees any issues with how they self-moderate though. Personally, I have always felt that invite-only communities have weird vibes to them. Still find it worth lurking for more esoteric content though.</text></comment>
<story><title>Lobsters</title><url>https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Hakashiro</author><text>I had an account here. I still do.&lt;p&gt;Like some other people point out: Invitation-only means trolls are less likely to show up. But the higher end of quality is not significantly better than HN.&lt;p&gt;If anything, it might be worse.&lt;p&gt;My experience with the moderation there is that some people post clear self-promotion articles, but when I attempted to post my things, I get told that this content is not welcome on the site. Why my content is not welcome and other people&amp;#x27;s self-promotional articles are I don&amp;#x27;t quite understand, but it is obvious they don&amp;#x27;t need me on the website.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mooreds</author><text>&amp;gt; when I attempted to post my things, I get told that this content is not welcome on the site. Why my content is not welcome and other people&amp;#x27;s self-promotional articles are I don&amp;#x27;t quite understand, but it is obvious they don&amp;#x27;t need me on the website.&lt;p&gt;I feel the same. I spent a fair bit of time on the site, including posting ~600 articles and commenting. Some of my posts got a fair bit of upvotes. I got a couple of warnings when I posted my own content, even though it was 5-10% of my posts. Super frustrating, so I told the moderator I wasn&amp;#x27;t going to participate any more. And I haven&amp;#x27;t. Their site, their rules, but I don&amp;#x27;t have to spend my time there.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lobste.rs&amp;#x2F;~mooreds&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lobste.rs&amp;#x2F;~mooreds&lt;/a&gt; is my profile.</text></comment>