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comment by rrrrr
rrrrr  ·  3584 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Voat: the polar opposite of reddit as what hubski is to reddit

One of the interesting things about Hubski is how it uses a different mechanic from reddit and its clones - it's not a simple vote up/down and the most popular wins, there's a sideways sharing thing going on too. I feel like sharing something on Hubski is more of a commitment to stand behind it than upvoting something on reddit or a reddit clone.

I wonder whether that simple difference has anything to do with the more civil tone of discussion on Hubski?