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user-inactivated  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What will eventually cause Reddit to lose its popularity?

What I see hasn't! What I see is different from what you see, and mk sees, and so on. That's one of the beauties of hubski.

Influxes like this have proved overwhelmingly positive, because only the best of those who flood in stay. We got some of my favorite hubski users from that r/tor post.





ProtrudedDemand  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I remember joining after that r/tor post. I really wished I had put the time into Hubski that I'm putting into it now. I'm really enjoying this place.

user-inactivated  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Glad to hear it! It's changed my internet-use patterns considerably.

ProtrudedDemand  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've already been reading more than I ever had without Hubski. I think with Reddit, other time wasting content was too readily available. I unsubbed from pretty much all of the defaults but I still wasn't getting all out of Reddit that I should. I think the main difference now is that Hubski gives me a reason to want to spend twenty minutes reading through an article.

_refugee_  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Think about following #goodlongread if you haven't found it yet! Sounds like it might be good for you.

veen  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    was too readily available

I think the stongest point of Hubski is that the content is quite limited. I can't spend hours scrolling headlines like I did at Reddit. Often enough, after a page or so I've seen most of the content of the day. That means that nearly every post gets my full attention: I want to participate in the discussions, so I want to read the articles. And when I'm out of content, conversation is always possible and encouraged.

Kafke  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Basically it's quality over quantity.

havires  ·  3505 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Which I'm finding is the best thing about this site. 80 days into my first year here!

veen  ·  3850 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, not basically that. It is an aspect of the greater picture, but to reduce my post to that would lose the nuance. The difference is the value I give to a post, not just the value that the post already has. Reddit might have the exact same article, but I give it much more thought here than on there, because I know that it might spawn a good discussion.

Simplifying a statement always reduces some quality, but if you simplify too much you might lose it completely.