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jleopold  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hi, I'm new here

    Reading, writing and programming

Yeah, you'll fit in pretty well here.

To add to what rd95 said, there are some tags it can be worthwhile to filter. The community is good about adding an extra tag ("community tag") to posts that large amounts of people won't want to see. #spam for example. Or #troll maybe, I think. I don't know, because I filter them, so I never see them. Some of us find it easier to follow and filter specific users than tags, but tags are nice if you are more use to a Reddit style format.





FuzzyWords  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Does this mean community does the moderation here? I like the idea.

jleopold  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's largely a joint effort of the community, and each individual user customizing their feed. Beyond filtering, you can also mute (can't comment on your posts), hush (their comments go to the bottom for you) and block (can't comment or PM each other, most drastic measure) individual users. You are basically moderating your own feed, without effecting others.

FuzzyWords  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I love it! It's very interesting way to combat spam and trolls.

kingmudsy  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I also love that hubski doesn't have much of either element. The community seems to self-select, and the people who stick around are usually pretty amazing individuals!

FuzzyWords  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm also loving the site in general, I can use it on Opera Mini without any problem. Reddit is a pain to use on Opera Mini and Voat is impossible.

raisin  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just browsing Hubski through Opera Mini myself at the moment!

And welcome :)

caelum19  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I take it it's a mobile browser? How does it compare to Safari?

raisin  ·  3417 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is a mobile browser, yes. I personally use it a lot while on mobile data, because it can work in data-saving mode, compressing images a fair amount if you want it to. Also, it has night mode (basically, imagine f.lux, but for a mobile browser), so when I'm browsing the web late I opt for Opera to hurt my eyes less.

Other than that, design wise I prefer Safari, it's got nicer animations and transitions. The difference is about the same as between something like Tumblr with a lot of animations/nice graphics and Hubski, which is rather minimalistic.

FuzzyWords  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I also use it while on mobile data because my data cap per day is 10Mb.

tehstone  ·  3416 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yep, I watch Global for trolls and spam and tag accordingly. I know I'm far from the only one.