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veen  ·  3997 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Humanizing Hubski

My ideas shouldn't be free of scrutiny so if they're shit I'd rather have people tell me that.

I started writing this because a) there are people whom I've had conversations with months ago, and I kinda forgot who they were and b) I noticed I haven't started following anyone in a while. For both problems I didn't see very good solutions so this was an attempt to add solutions for that, by making relationships stronger here and making it easier to get to know people. Not my lack of interest. Maybe I'm lazy or diverting the problem from myself to the system, I don't know because I kinda need to sleep now.





_refugee_  ·  3997 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know. I am also a daily hubskier. I'm sure it is different when you have more distance. eightbitsamurai called this place a social network earlier today. I had never considered it as such.

For me one of the key differences from reddit that I noticed here from the start was the fact that usernames Matter, that I actually did have to notice them because without realizing it I was building relationships with these people with each post. Reddit was always so big names never mattered. Here it became evident they really did because you were interacting with the same six people In every discussion. So I have a bias towards saying it is a user flaw over a site flaw due to my experience and take on the site. Your mileage is not my Mileage and that's okay.

user-inactivated  ·  3997 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To provide some clarification, I was more referring to the fact that Hubski is more like a bar then Facebook is. People move in and out, but there's a sense of unity throughout the website. Facebook is more like a...well I dunno what it is anymore, but I know the bar metaphor was not apt.

_refugee_  ·  3997 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Interesting, I was honestly really struck by your description of it as such. I do not think it is wholly inaccurate but it's like a social network whose point is not to socially network.

kleinbl00  ·  3997 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The design is to be a Third Place.