I really like Lobsters. I had some pretty negative experiences on some other discussion forums, but I think that the:
Fully transparent moderation log,
Mandatory explanations for downvoting,
Tree showing who invited who,
Really go a long way (in that order) towards making a difference. I wonder if the fully transparent moderation log could later get some form of CT-like integrity :-) but that’s probably not strictly necessary.
Specifically it looks like this is available by looking at a <script></script> block within the <head> tag of an article page like this one, containing a bit of Javascript that mentions the user number. I’m 5669, apparently.
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That looks delicious. I love tofu.
What’s the ‘Stories with similar links’ widget at the bottom of this page?
New feature
There was a previously submitted story with a similar URL that was matched with this function.
I really like Lobsters. I had some pretty negative experiences on some other discussion forums, but I think that the:
Really go a long way (in that order) towards making a difference. I wonder if the fully transparent moderation log could later get some form of CT-like integrity :-) but that’s probably not strictly necessary.
Is it possible to find out what # lobster any user was?
Your own user number is available from the console in your browser:
You can also see this value by viewing the source of any page you fetched while you were logged in.
Specifically it looks like this is available by looking at a
<script></script>block within the<head>tag of an article page like this one, containing a bit of Javascript that mentions the user number. I’m 5669, apparently.Currently yes, though I’d like to remove inline script tags to add a strict Content Security Policy.