mk, did a nice job of explaining what our goals of hubski are regarding this here. If it is not content that could conceivably spawn thoughtful discussion, we're not really interested in it. There are plenty of places for such things out there, Hubski is not one of them.
If that's official policy, you really need to make that obvious somewhere, like on the submit page. I really despise unwritten rules. Not to mention, how do you plan on defining what constitutes "thoughtful discussion" and what does not? Furthermore, how would you enforce it? I'm not saying I disagree, after all, thoughtful discussion is what I personally am looking for when I use hubski. However, I do think actively enforcing such a policy would be a huge nightmare. It's the same kind of subjective language that caused me many a headache as a reddit moderator. I thought the whole point of hubski was customizing your own experience - ie those who want thought-provoking discussion would ignore all of people who post humor/fluff, and those who just want a cheap laugh would ignore all of the "boring stuff..." and ideally, the two users would never cross paths. Am I mistaken in that understanding?
As I said in another thread yesterday, posts that contain uninteresting fluff will more than likely never be touched by us. The community can decide for themselves if they see that stuff. Posts that are porn will be eliminated. We won't try to dictate what is interesting, but we don't intend to be a porn hosting service. Period.I thought the whole point of hubski was customizing your own experience - ie those who want thought-provoking discussion would ignore all of people who post humor/fluff, and those who just want a cheap laugh would ignore all of the "boring stuff..." and ideally, the two users would never cross paths. Am I mistaken in that understanding?