Think of it like this: By clicking the Hubwheel, you're not saying 'Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years - I like this', you're saying (to your set of followers) 'Hey, did you hear about Bradley Manning being sentenced to 35 years?' The implied grammar and vocabulary of social media UX is important. I dislike Facebook's Like button because it doesn't offer Dislike as an alternative. As a verb, I'd refer to the Hubwheel button as the Discuss button or perhaps the Interest button. However there is a confusion for me in Hubski's grammar. Clicking an article Hubwheel implies share/initiate discussion. Clicking the Hubwheel beside a comment seems to imply approve/reward/acknowledge.
Not for me. I reward a) effort and b) the way things are said. c) overwhelming knowledge tends to come hand in hand with a anyway. I'm pretty careful with what posts I share, though. I've devoted some time to trying to figure out what people follow me for (what they want me to share), and I usually think about that before I share anything. With exceptions.Clicking the Hubwheel beside a comment seems to imply approve/reward/acknowledge.
Really? That's nice of you. I don't really put a lot of thought into it. If something seems interesting, I'll share, regardless of what I've shared in the past.. I figure people follow me, because they found this or than interesting, but they can unfollow me if I'm posting crap all of a sudden. It's not personal, in that regard.I'm pretty careful with what posts I share, though. I've devoted some time to trying to figure out what people follow me for (what they want me to share), and I usually think about that before I share anything. With exceptions.
Well, I've never used Twitter much but if I had a bunch of Twitter followers because of what I had previously tweeted I think I'd be pretty selective. I feel like on hubski people follow other people whose judgment they trust on filtering material. This would matter more if hubski had thousands of users, but w/e.
Thanks for clarifying. It makes sense. I wonder if this is something worth explaining to new hubskiers? Or maybe this isn't a common confusion... maybe I'm the only hubsky dyslexic! That's a good point. This might be why I started to get confused. But everyone's explanations makes it clear now. Thank you.However there is a confusion for me in Hubski's grammar. Clicking an article Hubwheel implies share/initiate discussion. Clicking the Hubwheel beside a comment seems to imply approve/reward/acknowledge.
There exists a term in Arabic called 'wasta' which loosely translates as 'clout' or 'social power'. For me this somehow informs the Hubwheel. Clicking one either beside a post or a comment bestows upon its author some 'social clout' (which also adds up in their own personal Hubwheel). In Sufism, the term Baraka means 'blessing' or 'spiritual power'. Maybe clicking a Hubwheel really means that you publicly bestow your blessing upon a link or comment?
I never thought of it in such a poetic way. I shall bear this in mind, specially when hubsking in a zen state : )