I thought this would be a useful discussion since there's so many new users now. So when "voting" on posts, how often do you share something vs. pass it by?
I wonder because I get the impression that most redditors vote on every single thing that crosses their page and feel that they should do that.
However on Hubski if people shared that way I think its natural segmentation would break down. If everyone shared everything everything would end up on your feed.
Personally I only share a small fraction of things that come on my feed, and I've kinda assumed other people do it that way too. So how does Hubski share?
Although I'm new, I don't necessarily share things just because I like them. Because a central feature of Hubski is creating feeds, I tend to think of myself as a curator. As such, I think I consciously and subconsciously intend to produce a distinct "theme" or "feel" of my feed, so that it becomes quickly apparent to a user as to whether or not they want to follow me. I think a defined feed is more useful to others than one that appears all over the place.
I like to cruse the posts with no shares to try to bring content that just got missed out. I'm much more likely to give a vote to something there than something that already has a bunch of votes. It's sad when stuff gets passed over and that one vote gives content a chance.
Well Reddit vs Hubski is a bit off. Reddit views upvotes as "this deserves to be in the subreddit". Or "this deserves to be in the discussion". Which in turn relates it to "I like this and want others to see it". And then to "I like this". Conversely, this means the downvote is used as a "I don't like this". This is different than what Hubski does.
Hubski it seems to be more of a "show this to my friends" button. So instead of just being one little vote amongst hundreds, it's more of a personal recommendation to people who like the stuff you look at. To me, that encourages more cautiousness when choosing what to share.
So personally, I found myself sharing stuff that I'd like to see my feed filled with. As with reddit, I tend to be a bit liberal with what I click.
But I'm definitely trying to avoid the share=like ideology.
I find I have two paths to a share:
1) I always ask myself, is this content I find interesting/important enough that I feel it brings value to the people that follow me? If yes, share. A lot of times I'll read something that I personally get value out of but I don't pass it on for a number of reasons...it may be too much of a fluff piece, or the topic is already all over the place, or it may not add something new to a discussion, etc.
2)The second path is usually users who post the fruits of their creative endeavors. Realistically, there is no way I'm going to love the output of most people's music/poetry/writing/video etc enough to share by the same standard I judge most links I find on the web. Here, the important and valuable thing for me is the act of creation, the story you've told that surrounds it, and the feedback you ask for. In a sense, your post is much more than the subject of your post. I generally like to pass these on, especially if I have a connection to the person from knowing them a bit on Hubski. It's the personal element that isn't there on other sites.
So I'm fairly selective with general web content, with a bias towards content creators within the community itself.
Well, not that I ever did it on Reddit, but here it's even less rewarding to submit or share content simply for any kind of "points" you might get. It's about the approval of the community that keeps me from sharing. I don't share everything, and I do consider before sharing something if it is really worth it for others to read it or see it. On Reddit people just submit stuff in hopes people like it and they get upvotes for it. Here, if I just submit a bunch of crap hoping to get more "points", it may actually lose me followers, so it serves no purpose to share something unless I legitimately want others to see it because it's important or a well written article.
Well, I'm a new user of less than twelve hours, and I've shared 7 things so far, but I'm still getting used to this whole thing.