You have no idea what kind of a relationship I already may have with hubski and/or its users, which may permanently prevent me from ever viewing hubski as "a temporary message board." I'm not trying to say hubski is life changing but I do believe that looking at it the way you present it is a very shallow point of view, and limiting. Please don't condescend to me and tell me not to get too attached to a website where I've developed a strong group of twentyish friends over the last year+. Please also don't pretend you know what the goals are of the site owners - change is inevitable, but monetization and selling have been discussed and are in no way a goal for the founders. This is typical "i have no idea what I'm talking about but because I've been on the internet a few times I feel like I know how everything works" bullshit. You have no frame of reference for the statements you are attempting To make. And for the record, if you treat hubski like a disposable, temporary thing, you're going to make it crap.
Do me a solid: Take note of your impressions of the site and various users and write them down. Right now. Should you decide to stick around until next friday, repeat the exercise at that time. Compare notes with yourself and report back: what impressions changed over the space of a week? What changed the same? What initially excited you, but then disappointed you? What did you underestimate at first only to cherish as time went on? What did you discover? What still confounds you? What, in short, did you learn and what did you experience? There's a reason I ask. All will be revealed.
It really isn't. Hubski users often have very frank, public, and honest/critical discussions about community and features. Kleinb is probably the most outspoken and least likely to sugarcoat things, but he's been responsible for some very unvarnished commentary that has been put to good use in the past (along with a lot of other folks here). In short, don't take offense, and also no need to apologize afaik. Welcome. If Hubski scratches an itch for you and you end up hanging around here, come back to this post in a year, re-read this, and see what you think ;)Being new, I perceived this thread as a big "you're not welcome", and "please shut up for awhile and don't annoy us , your elders."
It's just a temporary message board.