I will say that this post has a lot of shares and has a lot of comments and not one "power user" has shared it. So, I don't think its as big of an "impact" as one might think.And maybe I'm the exception, but I don't understand something: Lately, I have noticed more discussion about what hubski is than discussion about the things shared here. It's like standing around a motorcycle and discussing every nut and bolt instead of getting on and enjoying the open road.
Well said steve, I think the motorcycle metaphor is spot on. All of the feedback has been really interesting and as ecib mentioned here, people really are having an impact on how the site functions etc. It's wonderful, but the "will hubski be the next...." isn't all that helpful. As for "power users", honestly, I could care less how many "followers" I have and have stated before that nothing would make me happier than if there were thousands of users with more followers than me. I think once Hubski has a larger user base, this will likely be diluted greatly. But you are right about why kb, mk and myself have a lot of followers, we have all been on the site a long time and we contribute quite a bit of content by way of comments, original essays, podcasts etc. Once users like littlebirdie, flagamuffin and others have been on the site a while I would be shocked if they didn't surpass me in followers. Why? Because they post/create cool and original content.