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ecib  ·  4519 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski: Thoughts on new ways people could use Hubksi some day.
    Say Harvard established an official subreddit that they controlled completely, like a Facebook page, but without all the stifling rules and restrictions. Different from the unofficial /r/Harvard that's in the public domain of the controlling reddit community, this hypothetical edu reddit (/e/Harvard) could only gain access to you and your information if you granted it to them. For any educational institution, this would be a powerful tool that could revolutionize the entire admissions process. Communities built around existing institutional communities.

This is more along the lines of the use case I was thinking of. A little Hub you could subscribe to as a member of an org or group, which is administered to some degree (maybe just barely, or to varying degrees). Hubski would be providing a place for pre-existing IRL groups to gather.





user-inactivated  ·  4519 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I included a longer, more detailed version of these ideas in my manifesto when I sent hueypriest my résumé for the reddit Community Manager position. I didn't want the job or to have to move across country, but I knew I would be good at it. I was bored that day.
ecib  ·  4519 days ago  ·  link  ·  
haha, did he ever give you any feedback?
user-inactivated  ·  4519 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Not really. I'm not entirely sure he read it. It was verbose.
ecib  ·  4519 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Hmm. You didn't mention 'minions' did you?
user-inactivated  ·  4519 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Many times. I seem to recall referring to him as minion on several occasions.