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comment by YetAnotherAccount

Or occasionally, the lurkers lurk because a poweruser on the site has blocked them which means that it is hard for them to comment on things.





crafty  ·  3776 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Either take your lumps as a sign you need to lurk more, or if you have such a valuable contribution, post it yourself. I'll read it and share it too if it's worthwhile. That's just how it works. Hard to start out, but if people who value your contributions follow you, it won't matter who mutes you.

_refugee_  ·  3776 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If a poweruser has blocked you, using kleinbl00 as an example simply because I don't have time to do math on someone else, that means you can't comment on (on average) about two posts a day, which at best represent less than 5% of all posts. That does not mean it is hard to comment on Hubski in general at all in any way.

kleinbl00  ·  3776 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oddly enough, I have him blocked... yet here he is.

user-inactivated  ·  3776 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Muting seems pretty buggy as of late.

My theory is that the more we talk about it, the more self-aware it becomes.

In other words, everyone shut the hell up about it.

camarillobrillo  ·  3776 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hear hear. I wish I could mute all this nonsense wasting the top spots of my feed. I'm all for friendly discussion but this horse is turning to glue.

humanodon  ·  3776 days ago  ·  link  ·  

. . . yeah, I don't really get that at all but if that's your experience, ok.

user-inactivated  ·  3775 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm blocked by a couple of people on here -- gasp, shock, can it really be true -- and it never seems to bother me because by the very nature of selection they are the dudes I least want to talk to.

nowaypablo  ·  3775 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I still really want to know how many people have me on any of the three filters. Not who, just how many. It'd be funny.

_refugee_  ·  3775 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have mutes :) Don't know how many. Come at me, brah

kleinbl00  ·  3775 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'll wager none.

I've yet to see you to be a dick to anybody. And that's what seems to move people - you're a spammer or you're a dick.

nowaypablo  ·  3775 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Eh, I hope so. As I said before I wouldn't take offense to it, I've got nothing to fret over if someone just wants to tailor the site so they can enjoy it how they like. 'Tis one of the things that makes Hubski unique.

Just take it easy braaah