I've poked around a bit and still haven't gotten the hang of a couple of details. Does hubski have an equivalent to a subreddit or private community? Im guessing I would track things by tags to get the same effect, but how would I discover new tags relevant to my interests?
Where do I go to see comment or post replies?
Is there voting? Is content that is not welcome discouraged in any way?
Is there text formatting?
If I have niche interests, how would I go about cultivating a community to explore them? (Aka /r/abrathatfits, /r/trollxchromosomes, etc)
Thanks for answering my questions!
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2: Touch the dot to the left of a post or comment. On a post, it shares the post with your followers. Click it if you find a post interesting. For a comment, it doesn't have an effect other than putting more dots on the wheel and signaling your approval of the comment. There are no "down-dots".
3:Click the "markup tips" text to the upper right of the comment box for formatting help.
I can't help you with the last one. Try just posting about them and seeing how it goes?
EDIT: If you want to be a cool kid right away, the dots are called "boopskis".
You should have been here on April 1st. Every time you hit the hubwheel to share it said the word, "thoughtful" in a high-pitched voice akin to that of Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons. When you used the search function it said, "use google."
If you say that two more times, it's likely to happen eventually - with an option to turn it on or off in your preferences...
Welcome!
- Where do I go to see comment or post replies?
There is a little chat symbol next to posts to go directly to the comments.
- Is there voting? Is content that is not welcome discouraged in any way?
You can click the little 'hubwheel' on the top-left corner of posts to show that you appreciate them, if this is a post, it will 'Share' it to all your followers and if it's a comment, it will float closer to the top in that thread. You can hubwheel as many posts as you like.
There are no moderators or admins on Hubski in the sense you get them in Reddit, users do all the filtering. So you're free to post whatever you like, and if someone doesn't like what you're posting, they can click on your name and mute, filter or hush you(Mute stops them from posting on your posts, filtering stops you from having to see what they say and hushing just sorts them to the bottom of every thread.) personally I find this system much better than reddits.
- Is there text formatting?
- If I have niche interests, how would I go about cultivating a community to explore them? (Aka /r/abrathatfits, /r/trollxchromosomes, etc)
A while ago I asked a pretty niche question about OpenGL(A computer graphics library) and rob05c answered, in the future I can mention him in OpenGL questions and he'll get an alert, and if I see an OpenGL question that I don't know the answer to, I can refer them to @rob05c then too.
Cultivating communities around niche interests isn't really possible, you can only really cultivate communities around people. That's why I still use reddit(Might switch to voat.co if it gets more popular). Hubski isn't meant to replace Reddit.
If you do want to cultivate niche interests, the most direct way is to use the relevant tag often. Eventually people will catch on.
Though to accelerate the spread further, you could pair the niche tag with a more general, better known yet relevant tag on your post. E.g. #catsstandingup with #funny or #cute. This may be tricky depending on how niche or unusual your interest is!
You'll get the hang of this the longer you explore, so don't worry too much.
Ways to follow content:
1. Follow tags. One way of discovering new tags is by visiting the tags page. This has lists of recently used tags, popular tags, and perhaps my favorite part of the page is the related tags bit.
2. Follow users. After you spend some time you'll come across users who post content that you like, follow them.
3. Follow domains. You can follow individual domains by clicking on the domain.
I'm new too, but as far as I've gathered, tags are the equivalent of subreddits, but it's recommended that you also (or even mostly) follow specific users. That way you'll find new users that post with the tags you're interested, and new tags on the posts by the users you follow.
Just a heads up, there are "stick" and "save" buttons right under the post title that can help you remember to check back! Good luck!
Here is the post from when we introduced badges.
Note, we had them well before reddit introduced "guilding." -In fact, they've been pilfering functionality from us for a couple of years. But, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?
Welcome to Hubski burgerga! Let me know if you have any other questions.
The only thing bugging me is that I want a list of my tags easily accessible so I can come to hubski and be all "oh I want to see what's being tagged #comics or #news". Is there a way to do that?
Hi thoroughbredofsin -- To my knowledge, hubski has never discussed finding a bra that fits. But note: hubski is very welcoming to humans of either gender who might be looking for bras.
Sometimes if you are looking for help, you can tag #askhubski - for female issues, we often use #grrlski
Sometimes the topic of a bra that fits might fit into #thehumancondition -- Look at the tags link on the top menu. You will see that askhubski and thehumancondition will reach the majority of people.
There's a point when one gives up on finding a bra that fits. If I can find a friend or a website that fits, I'm pretty happy. thenewgreen - just tagging you for no reason.