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user-inactivated  ·  3570 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Will hubski one day hit a inevitability of memes and 9gag/digg type humour, and should we fight against it if so?

I also feel that our lack of thumbnails will aid us to this end a LOT. I think Reddit could be a totally different site if it didn't enable people to upvote memes without clicking a link into it, or without extensions like RES that make it even easier.

Hubski's format doesn't really allow a path of least resistance in this manner, aside from the preview icon (which is also another click to view content). Someone who spends a lot of time thinking about UX might say that this is not optimal for traffic, but it might be optimal for good content.