&gt; New contributors are always welcome on Lobsters, but pestering other members in the channel for invites is not acceptable. If you are the author or otherwise involved with a story that was submitted to the site, ask and someone will invite you. Alternately, offer some good links or thoughts on a story and someone will likely invite you so can post them.<p>Seems like you&#x27;d usually need some kind of reason&#x2F;action to get into the community that first time.