I just joined Hubski today. I had visited the site a few times a while back when looking in to reddit alternatives but this is the first time I took the effort to learn about what made Hubski different. So now I have an account and I wanted to say hello. I look forward to learning about the community here.
I've already followed a few tags. A lot of the popular ones are up my alley already... Specifically the science and technology ones.
Any tips for getting the most out of this community would be appreciated too. :)
Hubski is all about relationships between users. Tomorrow is Wednesday which means a catchall thread called pubski will be posted. It and past editions are a good place to lurk and find out what a particular hubskier is up to or ruminating on. Don't be afraid to share your thoughts but try and avoid being antagonistic. My personal philosophy is to be liberal with sharing things so that others can see them so click away!
Hi there! Hubski can be a great place, I think we tend to prefer honesty and value people contributing themselves so if you have any work you want to share or articles that may be a bit esoteric but you find interesting -- don't be afraid to put yourself out there and share it. If you find yourself falling into an argument or being muted by someone, step one is don't take it personally, step two is the secret mantra of Hubski: What can be learned?
To add, contribute what you find interesting. Unlike Reddit, there really isn't any scoring system on Hubski, so not only do the points not matter, there aren't really any points in the first place. So you don't have to really worry about any real gamification here. If you feel that you don't have a lot of things worth posting, like me, you can always join in on the comments. If you click my profile for example, you'll see I post a little, share a lot, and never shut up. ;)
Thanks! I'll see about getting into the habit of posting interesting content here. Can be difficult with new social sites like this when you're used to a bunch of other established ones. Still, the community seems pretty mature and interesting so far. I try to be respectful of anyone I'm conversing with. Hopefully no muting will come of it, but I've been on the Internet long enough not to take that kind of thing personally if it does happen.
Welcome aboard! Just be you. Don't be mean, but do challenge ideas. Be open to being wrong (because we are all wrong even when we REALLY think we're right). Create something and share it with us. and enjoy!