I don't know of anybody here that actively compares Hubski to Reddit and I certainly don't know anybody that expects Hubski to be a "super-reddit". I don't want to be crass but it's simply not how most people view Hubski. If anything Hubski is "another place/the third place", as evidenced by the wonderful design by veen. There is no competitive nature between the two, both sites are completely different beasts. There is Reddit, there is Hubski, and there is the entirety of the internet out there waiting to be discovered all while coexisting.
> Funny thing is, I find Hubski a better way to waste time nowadays than Reddit and use it more than Reddit itself, Oh, I do too, but that's because I find it vastly superior to Reddit, not because Hubski is "the Reddit that Reddit used to be" or even "the Reddit that Reddit could be." Hubski is smaller, Hubski is more about the community, from what I can tell Hubski's not overrun by trolls. Hubski doesn't have the gratifying pat-yourself-on-the-back-for-being-a-member-of-an-'elite'-group that Reddit developed over the past few years and which is, at best, a mirage of elitism. To OP: nowaypablo
First, what is this "Reddit concept"? That you can go someplace and find interesting things to read? Successful news and site aggregation? That's a pretty wide concept and not one that I think is original to Reddit so I don't think that's what you're driving at...but what are these ideals you perceive to be original/unique to Reddit that you think could be further propagated here? Besides, as has been pointed out, the simple fact that both sites are aggregators?I'm curious if people expect/want Hubski to be a "super-reddit," as a polished and pure version of reddit and the reddit concept.
The ability to move as a unified dynamic in the ways that reddit has makes it different from the Diggs before its time. It's a culture now, be it elitist or self-entitled. There is a massively diverse web of subs and opinions, even though most ideas are smothered by the hivemind of whatever current mentality reddit has, they can still be found, and preserved in their own subs for example. I agree that the aggregator concept isn't unique, but you can fall in love with reddit, and another site has yet to connect like that, at least to me. Edit: to clarify on the unity concept, whether reddit is right or wrong about something, it has the ability to take a ridiculous number of people, from all over the world, and make them move as one; to think as one. That's pretty powerful.
Use the site, find out. It's like asking what the difference between Moby Dick and For Whom The Bell Tolls is. They're both books but they're vastly different. Can't point to just one page to say how or why, you need to read them.
While there are tons of differences between the two sites, I'd say there is one big thing that separates the two: No downvote button. The downvote button, while useful in certain circumstances (such as dealing with trolls), pushes actual content to the bottom and even hides it if no one agrees with the statement. Here, the only way to show disapproval of a comment is to voice your opinion, which stimulates conversation. :)
interesting point, definitely agree :) Also, Hubski users have the option to ignore users and specific sources of content that they don't want to see. On reddit, a mod or admin has to manage that.