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lil  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What kind of posts do regular hubski users like to see?

You'll catch on or catch up pretty quickly. Some of our most amazing young people started here when they were pre-pubescent (galen) and all that hubski got them early admission to a top university.





galen  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's just pubescent, thank you very much! :P

But yes, I credit Hubski with 100% of my academic success. And my typing speed. GingerSoul

coffeesp00ns  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"I credit Hubski with 100% of my academic success" - Galen 2015

Vote Galen 2016 everybody.

galen  ·  3076 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Seriously almost badged this.

GingerSoul  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That sounds great, what is galen studying?

lil  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

He discusses university in some of his recent posts.

GingerSoul  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

May I ask you an unrelated question? I know when to use the hubwheel to share posts but what are the "implicit" rules for comments? When do people usually "share" a comment?

lil  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not sure comments are exactly "shared" although this thread suggests that they might be shared via chatter. I don't know if it was implemented. mk might know.

I'm sure there are many discussions on when or why people show appreciation for a comment. This might be the definitive one

People will circledot a comment for any of the following reasons, and many more:

They think the comment is good and adds to the discussion.

They want the commenter to know that someone out in the wilderness has happened by and sipped from the same stream.

They giggled at the comment and it cheered them up.

or course, I shouldn't talk about "people." I circledot comments for those reasons but probably most of the time, it's to build the self-esteem of the comment-maker.

I don't know if a circledot actually does build the self-esteem of the comment-maker, but there's some sadness in the hubskiverse and we do what we can. (Right steve)

:-)

b_b  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I don't know if a circledot actually does build the self-esteem of the comment-maker, but there's some sadness in the hubskiverse and we do what we can.

I assume this is so, because every time someone post, "I'm having a bad day :(" it usually gets voted to infinity in six or eight minutes. I suppose it's a way of showing empathy in the mildest possible way. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Although I don't normally pile on, I find it kind of endearing. I'm a closet softie.

steve  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    someone out in the wilderness has happened by and sipped from the same stream.

dammit lil... how can you be so profound in such a casual manner? You have this way of dropping insight and wisdom into even the slightest passing comment. I love the way you write.

GingerSoul  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That post has very nice answers. Also you were (and maybe still are) very similar to me:

    I just don't generally look at pictures and mostly never watch videos that are posted or listen to music.
OftenBen  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I share comments* that I think add to discussion.

GingerSoul  ·  3079 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I will have to restrict myself a bit with this because the quality of the comments I have seen here in the month I have been lurking makes me want to share all of them.