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Lobsters
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- Access limits
- New accounts need an invitation, and users are considered new for their first 70 days, during which some actions are restricted.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Email and messaging
- Users can enable mailing-list mode to receive stories and comments by email, reply by email, and use private messages with email or Pushover notifications.lobste.rs · read 4 Oct 2026
- Email features
- Mailing list mode sends new stories and comments by email, and users can reply to discussions from their email clients.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Feeds
- Public RSS feeds are available site-wide and by tag; logged-in users can use private feeds that exclude their filtered tags.lobste.rs · read 4 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- The site says it is hosted on two DigitalOcean VPSs and uses restic for backups to Backblaze B2.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Intended audience
- The guidelines describe the community as a place to learn about computing and share what members have made.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Invitations
- Invitations are used to control spam and pace registrations; new users have limited abilities during their first 70 days.lobste.rs · read 4 Oct 2026
- Launch
- The site launched on July 3, 2012.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- Responsive design supports smaller screens without requiring a separate mobile site or app.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Moderation
- Moderator actions and moderator identities are public, and banned profiles state who banned the user and why.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Notifications
- Users can receive email and Pushover notifications about new private messages.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Open source
- The site's source code and deployment configuration are available under a 3-clause BSD license, and the code can be used to start a sister site.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Operations
- The site says it is hosted on two DigitalOcean VPSs and uses restic for backups to Backblaze B2.lobste.rs · read 4 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Domains used for marketing analytics are banned and tracking parameters are removed from links.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy and tracking
- The site bans domains used for marketing analytics and removes tracking parameters from links.lobste.rs · read 4 Oct 2026
- Project model
- The project describes itself as a volunteer project with limited development time and says it does not take donations because it is cheap to run.github.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Lobsters is a computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion.lobste.rs · read 11 Oct 2026
- Ranking
- Story and comment rankings come from user activity, and all users have equal votes.lobste.rs · read 4 Oct 2026
