This would go a long way toward preventing spam posts or product promotion from users who are here only to promote their own product (or their company's product, or whatever), and not actually participate.

Why am I commenting in so many different comments. Who knows.

Alright - so the way Hubski is set up is that anyone can post anything and personal content is welcomed. People ignore people who they don't want to see. No moderation is needed because everyone is a moderator of sorts. So if you want to spam your own shit, which you can, people are going to ignore you, or that domain, or that tag. If too many people ignore you, you won't show up in global.

This allows Hubski to run smoothly and eliminates the need for individuals to make decisions on behalf of the community. The leading cause of drama on reddit is that individuals decide what's allowed and not allowed and other people disagree with the decision. It also leads to people being overly skeptical of content, people hiding and lying about their identity, etc.

Now the one exception (which Hubski hasn't encountered yet) is the problem that Twitter had. People can post their own stuff on twitter, no problem, no moderation. BUT! the fake accounts, the real hardcore spam, the phishing links, the @ messages with links, the dms with links, etc. Those became a problem that required Twitter to step in and start actively moderating / implementing automatic spam measures. When Hubski becomes big we will probably have to deal with it too. But for now, oh well. Utilize the follow/unfollow/ignore/mute and moderate yourselves. :P

BTW - I hope you don't think I'm shitting on your ideas. I kind of am. But I'm not meaning to. I love that you took the time to write this out and start a conversation about it. Conversations are always worthwhile and I guarantee that all these things will be talked about and reference as Hubski moves forward and grows.