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kleinbl00  ·  4102 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Obligatory Influx Opinions Post

Then you have become my congressperson, whom I now petition. Default them to the tutorial, suggest nothing, let them figure it out.

Put it this way - if you give them your opinion, they're learning from you. If you let them poke around, you're learning from them.





b_b  ·  4102 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Barriers to entry are both a problem and a solution. There's a reason joining Oakland Hills country club (the big PGA caliber place 'round here) has a several hundred thousand dollar buy-in and a five year waiting list (with sponsorship).

user-inactivated  ·  4102 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was kicking something similar to what kleinbl00 suggested above around in my head last night -- how about an account called announcements or (I would say hubski but that's taken) something that's mandatory for everyone to follow?

Similar to reddit's mandatory subreddit, I guess, although their announcements are never relevant to me at all so let's do better there.

thenewgreen  ·  4101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think we should name it Tom, you know a little nod to myspace. Really that's what mk uses the Hubski account for. When he makes an update from it it goes in to everyones feed.

user-inactivated  ·  4101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    When he makes an update from it it goes in to everyones feed.

Another thing I didn't know.

kleinbl00  ·  4102 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Bearing in mind that "announcements" isn't mandatory on Reddit, it's something you have to unsubscribe from. That said, I think that would work nicely.

user-inactivated  ·  4101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh! Assumed you couldn't unsubscribe or something. Haha. But yeah, I don't always see all of mk's announcements/site notes, even though I follow 50 of the most active hubskiers. Newer users are adrift in the storm.

thenewgreen  ·  4101 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My former boss is a member and took me to dinner there once. It was alright. The golf course is amazing though.