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Considering no score is kept and choosing to share a post just places it into the feed of others that have chosen to follow you, I don't see the 'ego petting' you're referring to. The concept of hubski is fairly simple; follow people who post things you like. The ignore option ensures you don't have to be barraged with people/tags/posts you don't find appealing. I think the layout of hubski is far superior to other sites as it basically stops memes and group-think before it can ever take off limiting the site to just whatever you personally find interesting whether it be technology or space.