I don't know, I never got an invitation to Lobsters and yet I still go through it regularly. You find some interesting links and comments even if you can't participate.
Same, sometimes the same thing gets posted on both places and it's interesting to compare the discussions. Other times some really cool niche things gets posted there but not here or doesn't gain enough traction to be visible (to me) here and I end up reading about it on there.
What's also nice is that because the community is smaller there you end up seeing familiar faces and due to that on some threads I actually hope they post their take/opinion.
