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comment by Kafke
Kafke  ·  3212 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: PSA: Welcome to Hubski, Redditors.

I found that after a short while of being here on hubski, I had sort of forgot about it. I mentioned this a few times, but the people here aren't really into the same kind of stuff I am, which really makes for a weird environment.

Voat just feels like "reddit without all the people/stuff", which is why I assume most people are drawn to it. Hubski's a different kind of site altogether, and is certainly better quality, provided you can get along with the people here. Those without any sort of shared interests will probably forget about the site quickly.

Perhaps I should start posting some stuff :P. I've never really been a large contributor to social sites, since I didn't really have any motivation or reason to (my point was to read content, not share it :P).

Though perhaps this new batch will be different and stick around and contribute.





crafty  ·  3211 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I came to hubski from a previous reddit drama wave (I don't even remember what it was about), jeez, over a year ago now. It was, a more... strident diaspora, as kleinbl00 so politely put it. This site is quite different from reddit, which solves some of its problems, but creates other ones in the process. I tend to just keep hubski on my bookmark bar and check in periodically, especially if something interesting is going on. Generally speaking, the community is rather insular and discussions tend to be muted, but I think that's just the natural consequence of a sociable, get-to-know-people kind of atmosphere. For shy people, it's a bit of a challenge to become active, and people interested in niche or controversial happenings will probably struggle to find much content and discussion; at least I know I have.

I've also been lurking around voat for the past couple months, and it feels like modded-reddit, a couple different features, a few different policies, and surprisingly active on certain subvoats. Ultimately, I've been browsing reddit less and less for about two years now, but there are still a handful of mediocre communities that I still read and participate in. Anything related to /r/all or the defaults are pretty much trash at this point. Facebook had a similar arc for me, I was quite active starting in 2005, then just tapering off between 2007-2009.