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syncretic  ·  4130 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An unintended consequence of the "unshared" page.

I'm thinking that a possible way to combat this phenomenon, if it becomes a problem, would be with alt accounts, one designed specifically to share shitty posts from the unshared queue (obvious spammers, trolls etc), so they wouldn't be visible to the "regular" users anymore. I'm not sure about hubski's policy on alternate accounts - mk, can you clue us in?

I could even see some people having fun with the usernames - worstofhubski, trollkiller, etc. If you look at their share history, it would be full the horrible posts they pulled off the unshared queue. People who were so inclined could even follow them (for a good laugh? I don't know).

Just an interesting thought I had. Could this be the first type of hubski "novelty" account, albeit one that would be performing a useful function?