I recognize several of the “unique to Lobsters” links as being on the HN front page over the past few days. E.g:<p><pre><code> https://www.fastmail.com/blog/why-we-use-our-own-hardware
https://avi.im/blag/2024/sqlite-past-present-future</code></pre>
I like the visualization aspect. Curious how the data is being aggregated. Previously, I've used this as a source: <a href="https://gerikson.com/hnlo/" rel="nofollow">https://gerikson.com/hnlo/</a>
There's some folks that farm lobste.rs -> HN. Actually just one in particular. They're now in the top10 using this strategy due to how effective it is.
I have both in my RSS reader and use the intersection as heuristic signal for astroturfing. If it shows up twice exactly or as an obviously close match I know I can safely completely disregard.
I don't advise posting to Lobsters for these reasons:<p>1. The mods there can "steal" your post and any credit for it, reassigning its authorship to one of their friends. This happens more often than you would think.<p>2. The users there have a major case of groupthink, much worse than us here, considering they don't even allow outsiders to register it they're not recommended by someone on the inside. Inbred is the label that comes to mind.<p>3. The community hates AI, and will downvote any valid submission just to drag you down to the lowest denominator. If you too hate AI, maybe it is the place for you.