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keopi  ·  2766 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who Are You Online?

Thank you for listening! It can feel a bit like broadcasting into the void, so it's always nice to hear someone enjoys what we're doing.

I'm not the narrator, but being the main person who runs it it's become clear everyone is going to think I'm the narrator. I'm on the show a lot though, and if you want to hear what I sound like, I like my segment on this episode (I'm the one on the first segment):

It was really cool having Virginia on precisely because I knew we could ask her questions about online communities and all that entails. I've been questioning what I think it means to be a part of a community online lately, so it was a chance to unleash a few questions that had been on my mind for quite some time.

I'm still pretty passively active on Reddit, but it's something I've noticed. There's an aversion to culture, which isn't how it used to be when I would go on forums before I found Reddit. I often wonder how much of that is due to the internet itself changing, but sites like hubski or imzy are an interesting way to look into how you can still create an internet community.

If you're interesting in checking out imzy, let me know. It's still early in development and you need an invite to join. I can get you one if you want to check it out!

keopi  ·  2804 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit is still in Turmoil

I imagine it's how reddit hates self-promotion, but loves people finding new content. You end up with, in general, people only liking something if the original creator didn't post it. That can then create an incentive to find and maybe even steal things across the internet.

The other way I could see it is the much more generalized internet idea that piracy is ok.

keopi  ·  2881 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Which web browser do you use/like?

Thanks for this! I hadn't seen it before but this runs so much smoother.

keopi  ·  3032 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the story behind your username?

It's a way to write out 커피 in latin characters. It means coffee.

keopi  ·  3039 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Screaming into the void

Thank you. I've been reading every reply and a lot have had a lot to offer, but I think I needed that personal touch.

keopi  ·  3050 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: How do you fight loneliness?

I'll let you know if I ever find a solution.

keopi  ·  3114 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance?

I'll check out the show! And hubski's podcast is great! I should've plugged it in my original reply.

Checking out more recent episodes is something you learn to do after having done a show yourself. Our first episode is pretty rough, but we were more or less experimenting with the idea. It's strange to think a lot of people listen to it first still.

keopi  ·  3114 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance?

If it's not in bad taste, I'd like to recommend my own show. Check out Comatose when you have the time. It's a somewhat strange storytelling set to music kind of show.

keopi  ·  3114 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance?

I started getting into podcasts about a year ago, and mostly because I had my own show. Before that I didn't know much about the medium and didn't really know that there was a revival of sorts happening.

The most importan thing for me was that I could collaborate with my friends even though we lived all over the world. I liked the idea of being able to produce something unique without having to be in the same physical place. That said, I knew nothing about how to actually run a show or how to find an audience or the usual stuff people want to do when they have a podcast.

It's been an interesting experience learning what other people do and the different reasons people get into podcasting or listen to podcasts. The most surprising thing for me has been that anyone at all actually likes the show.

keopi  ·  3139 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear Hubski, what are your most recent bookmarks?

I don't think I've used a bookmark in a long time. I just leave tabs open forever now.

keopi  ·  3183 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, what other unique websites should we check out?

Favorite websites besides hubski at the moment:

atob.xyz

euphoria.io

keopi  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What will you miss most from Reddit?

    Also, I sometimes miss the how programmer centric Reddit was back then. /r/programming was still a default, and it permeated everything.

That's something I've realized too. There would be a lot of jokes that you had to know some programming to get.

keopi  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Going on a long plane fight, what are some must downloads?

If like podcasts and music, you could try out my show. It's a vaguely nostalgic thing, like when you would ride home at night as a kid with the radio switching between talk and music: Comatose Podcast.

keopi  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Going on a long plane fight, what are some must downloads?

And if you like CGP Grey, check out his new show, Cortex.

keopi  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Could you live without a computer or smartphone?

When I'm home I'm pretty much always on the computer. I use it for entertainment, work, studying, and everything else. I often find myself not quite knowing what to do without the computer.

When I'm not at home though? I hardly ever look at my phone and never use my computer outside my home. I didn't even realize I did this until I saw your question. Even when I would bring my computer to class, I'd only use it to take notes.

Sometimes I even leave and go for a walk without my phone just because why do I need my phone?

keopi  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Digg bringing back comments

I don't think it will either, but I'm interested to see what they do.

keopi  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Which is the best MOOC that have you attended?

Online learning. Things like Khan Academy or Coursera.

keopi  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Minions Destroyed the Internet

Yeah, I read the article and just kept thinking how this isn't really any different than any other meme. Even the examples in the article left me a little confused.

    The word “meme” means many things to many people (for instance, it is often incorrectly used as a synonym for, like, the fifty-sixth definition of “macro”), but in general, a meme is intrinsically bonded to a certain, often very granular emotion. Socially Awkward Penguin is tied to social awkwardness, Sweet Brown’s “Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That” is linked to being too busy, the facepalm is about being very disappointed, cereal guy is about being in the middle of eating but also wanting to add your two cents, the song “Friday” is about trying your best and failing but still having fun, etc.

People kind of use all image macros however they want too. But I guess a lot of people do complain about people using image macros incorrectly.

keopi  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Minions Destroyed the Internet

I don't really get it. How is it any worse than rage comics or image macros?

keopi  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Minions Destroyed the Internet

People are upset about minions? Is this another case of people on the internet taking something meant for kids incredibly seriously?

keopi  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Why We Shut Down /r/IAmA" - Op/Ed in the New York Times

I agree! In both cases there seems to be this kind of departure from reality.

But then again even in the ridiculously angry anti-reddit movement stirring on reddit, they are saying and posting horrible things because "lol it's the internet". The idea that it's "just words" and internet life isn't real lets people say such vitriolic things, I think.

keopi  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How many submissions is too many submissions?

That's just a part of being a smaller community. On the other hand it's not unusual for an incredibly old thread to be brought back up at some random time or another.

keopi  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Why We Shut Down /r/IAmA" - Op/Ed in the New York Times

What's annoying is how internet culture has this "lol for the lulz" attitude about everything, and the moment you take something seriously you're called out. I bring this up because this isn't just internet drama. It's about an internet company and a management mistake.

This post comes across more antagonistic than I wanted it, and it's not so much directed at you, but your post brought up the thought.

keopi  ·  3185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Did We Learn From the Anonymity Experiment?

    Well, one time it got a bit ugly and one of the collaborators started writing some hateful things. We had no way of knowing which one.

Couldn't some sort of logs like on a wiki solve that?

keopi  ·  3186 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What cancelled TV show do you wish had a chance to properly end?

I was disgusted with the ending of LOST for a long time. I still don't like it, but I understand why it's some people accept it.

The ending was not a good ending to the story, it was a good ending to a TV show. Those who were in it for purely for the TV show-ness of it loved the ending I find. Those who were in it for the story hated the ending.

The key difference being an emphasis on either characters as just a fun thing to interact with versus characters in an overarching story.

keopi  ·  3186 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is there a difference between someone who mostly posts and someone who mostly comments?

A desire for human contact? I've been at a somewhat low point in my life as of late. I started a podcast at the same time that all my plans for the following year fell apart and used that to keep myself focused on something.

Promoting the show here and there lead to actually participating and starting to have conversations. I never stopped finding new stuff to share, I just either kept it to myself or only shared it on Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc. A more personal sharing than the giant bulletin board that is an internet forum.

keopi  ·  3187 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are some nice HTML5/Flash/Web games I can play on my computer?

The only problem is trying to either form an alliance or being stuck playing against a strong alliance.

keopi  ·  3187 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is there a difference between someone who mostly posts and someone who mostly comments?

When I first started using reddit I got into posting all the time for a bit. I had been on other internet forums in the past, but reddit was much more addictive and much less personal.

Then one day while riding my bike over a ridge with a sunset in the distance I realized that I was thinking about what I would write on reddit instead of what was happening. I decided to take a step back and ever since have very rarely commented.

I've only recently started commenting a bit more on the internet, and only really here on hubski.

keopi  ·  3187 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are your morning routines?

That's a cool website! Even if a little pretentious, but most inspirational/entrepreneur type things tend to be. Thanks for the link!