"Let's discuss!" Eight shares, one comment, hahaha. I haven't promoted anyone yet, but I think mk's right in that it probably wouldn't take much for me to do so. Even just a friendly comment from a new user - enough to know they're not a spam bot, really - would get a promotion from me. I can't remember what the limits are, though - how many people can you promote, again? Also, unless someone actually says they're knew, it's unlikely one would even think to promote them. Would it be possible/wise for new users to have some sort of flair perhaps invisible to themselves? I was going to say a different colour username but that would conflict with the follow dynamic. Anyway, it's probably unnecessary. Anyway, global was a nightmare before the new system.
I agree with everything written in the '#spam' post, though I'd like to revisit the last line here since it's more to the point of this discussion. The intent of this discussion (at least, how I'd like to view it) boils down to the retention rate of new users post-promotion implementation. Outstanding community members of late, to me have arisen from their own posts, sometimes taking 5 posts or more until interest (shares) come. That is, once they've gotten comfortable with the community. I would be surprised if that was after they've completed a full spoke.I think promotion should he used to include people who have shown they are outstanding community members. Regular old community members can get in the door with a minimal amount of conversational engagement.
I'm a bit confused with this idea. Would it not make more sense to merely disable the promotion option for those accounts that were created before the date of implementation? That way if the account has option to promote, they are strictly (relatively) new.
Asphalt and chewing gum is a small price to pay for the brighter alternatives.
That alongside the font used for d20 is how I imagined it. Not sure if you use dark by default, yet the fonts, spacings and palettes as you know differ. On the side of kb, pretty sure he thinks dark mode is dirty enough, if ya smell what I'm farting.
That's essentially my rule as thumb, alongside some personal grammar peeves. This was thrown around, but I've promoted a couple in one day. https://hubski.com/pub/218639#h386361 Just scroll through there from time to time since that's seemingly the only place for reliable new traffic. Looking into their profile is how I've gone so far. Also, there are people who have been on Hubski more than a year, yet haven't reached a full spoke yet - meaning they can't post. Sometimes it's worth looking. Even just a friendly comment from a new user - enough to know they're not a spam bot, really - would get a promotion from me. I can't remember what the limits are, though - how many people can you promote, again?
mk: I have no idea where the extra height comes from. Looked through the page with Google Developer thing: none of the elements increase height but <body> itself, for no apparent reason. Might be due to the <iframe>, but that would be your guess. Also, I'm stealing the tip of increasing font weight on lower-width devices.