I think iza makes some good observations about the choices that exist in the system. I just checked iza's shares and they seem interesting as well. I briefly wondered about this: Maybe rather than opting-in to follow someone, we can opt-out (or filter) someone we don't want to see. But that seemed too random. If we want to see everything that is posted, there are many ways to do do that (global) and also logging out. Sadly, some people post interesting things and want discussion to ensue. When it doesn't, they figure it is because no one saw the post. That might be true. Or maybe people have not too much to say on the topic. Getting rid of followers won't necessarily solve that. It's very easy to miss stuff. When I started on hubski, I might post one of my blogs to no response. If tng shared it, then dozens of people would see and discuss it. Several times people have pm'd me and asked me to share something in order to generate discussion. Shout-outs to people who have opinions is another way to get attention on your posts.
absolutely. Perhaps new users should read The Daily Dot article from August 24, 2011 - about the original goals of hubski. I won't link it unless mk says its ok.Personally, I think tacocat raises a valid criticism.