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kleinbl00  ·  1655 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Wait, are we doing it wrong? [Potential major Hubski experiment]

You make a joke of it but there's truth lurking there - what's the impetus for engaging with the site?

I just checked. I'm 7 of the last 30 posts that I can see and I've been busy this week. What do I get from sharing? What risks do I run? Why post shit here rather than Facebook? Why post shit here rather than Medium? Why post shit here rather than Reddit?

I post here because there is a core group of people whose opinions I'm curious about. I presume that core group will attract like-minded people. It's not really anymore, it did occasionally. And I think that's key: if you get into a fight here, it's with someone whose opinion you care about a whole lot more than someone on Reddit. The engagement is a great deal higher even as the activity is much lower.