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thenewgreen · 3953 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski Update: This time it's personal

I like the idea of greater customization potential Cool, I'm glad.

but I'm a little worried about echo chamber effect If I never hear the phrase "echo chamber" again, I'll be okay with that :) -I don't see this as a way for me to be able to follow people that post things I agree with only and to filter out those that don't. This is not how I use the follow/filter for users, why would I use it that way for tags? I do see this as a way to protect the integrity of tags I enjoy. I see it as a way to follow aspects of people that I currently do not follow and get more granular with things. I don't follow mk, I don't follow bitcoin because I'm not that interested in most of the content there. But I have found that I enjoy the bitcoin posts that mk makes. Therefore, I'm now following #bitcoin.mk. There are any number of scenarios that could present this way.

I see it as a cool avenue for content discovery. I see it as a cool way to see which aspects of my Hubski contributions are the most appreciated. I thought it was pretty cool to go in my profile and see all the tags I've used. Think I need to rekindle a few of the old ones.

If I'm being filtered out of my favorite tags, and it starts to feel like I'm just shooting submissions into the void, doesn't that create a disincentive to post anything at all? Knowing the content that you've posted in the past I find it hard to believe this would occur to you. That said, there are some users that may have their askhubski.user posts filtered. I can think of a few people that I currently follow that I would do this to.

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