Hi hubskiers. I have an old account from ~1100 days ago that I haven't used much since. I decided to make a new one and try to be more active. Have things changed here? I remember that posting things used to be encouraged (even self-promotion), but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Is commenting on old discussions still encouraged? That was a nice difference from other social sites.
Hello! In an effort to severely curb the amount of spam from bots the 'promotion' system was introduced where users must either complete one full hubwheel (aka achieve the ability to badge), get badged by an existing 'promoted' user, or get promoted by an existing 'promoted, before accessing the post feature. As a consequence, self promotion for new users is limited to comments until promotion. The trade-off is a cleaner global feed.