I feel like Lobsters has better quality discourse nowadays though, due to its much more explicit vetting system. I am not part of that website, yet I love reading the comment section there.
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.
Signed up day one with a one char username. Tried to use it a few years later and by then it had been deleted. Understandable I guess, but I'm still salty about it. Just had to get that story off my chest.
