Same here. Out of about 3 or 4 times I hung out on their IRC, only once I got anyone to respond to me. Had a pleasant chat to someone for a few minutes who then ended it with "Thanks for the chat but I'm not going to give you an invite" and logged off the channel.
I lost interest in lobste.rs at that point, realising that I was falling for the old "Make a club exclusive enough and people will beg to join it" trick.
Although there are some interesting aspects in how the site is run and moderated, compared to HN, at the end of the day, you won't see anything there that hasn't also appeared on here first.
I lost interest in lobste.rs at that point, realising that I was falling for the old "Make a club exclusive enough and people will beg to join it" trick.
Although there are some interesting aspects in how the site is run and moderated, compared to HN, at the end of the day, you won't see anything there that hasn't also appeared on here first.