This isn't that different from Hacker News classic which removes submissions from new users (and/or users below a certain karma threshold/user signup date). I think a preference to ignore users for their first 7 days is reasonable.
Man, ya'll are harsh! I was thinking a couple of days, but a whole week...? Wow. Have you no heart forwardslash? I think a couple of days is long enough for someone to recognize that Hubski is it's own thing. Maybe 3 days. It should definitely be something you have to toggle and should not be defaulted to "on".
Dude. What's the post title? You probably wouldn't use it at all. I might decide I don't feel like listening to anyone under a year old. Give me a slider and it becomes yet another dimension for finding content. Start arguing about what the duration oughtta be and it becomes a milestone, a bone of contention, a probationary period, a sticking point. If it'd make you feel better, give me two sliders: allow me to ignore users NEWER than (x) and OLDER than (y). Behold. Suddenly I'm finding yet another way to navigate Hubski.
Some cool ideas, for sure. I'm not opposed to someone being able to customize their experience to that degree at all. The slider is a really interesting suggestion. I'm not a programmer so I don't know the logistics of it, but yeah, I'm digging the ideas. Thanks.
Yeah, 3 might be more reasonable. I think even the circlejerkers left before 3 days.
From what I understand about XDA it prevents new users from posting, while HN classic provides a feed (for those who know the url, it isn't linked anywhere) which doesn't have the submissions from new users in them. This is something that has been around for a long time at HN and very few people use it.
No problem, reading it back it was easy to take a way other than i intended. I do agree that hamstringing users by taking away basic functionality isn't desirable.
I brought up XDA because I know nothing much about what they do (had to rely on Google for romming my tablet) and wanted to join and participate in the low level conversations. I was hamstrung and frustrated, so I left. (Just an insight to my brief time with XDA)