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b_b  ·  4068 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Personal content isn't a sin.

    do you have any way to prevent...mmm... "share-rigging"?

Yes. Don't follow users who submit spam, and don't follow users who share spam. If you follow those two rules, it will not show up in your feed.





coloicito  ·  4068 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean for the outside. Of course, that's a way for the users, but not for the guys who check Hubski without joining and don't get past the home page.

insomniasexx  ·  4068 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"It isn't a problem until it's a problem and when it's a problem you'll be in a much better position to find a solution"

Zygar told me that when I was going through endless what ifs the other day. I think it holds true for this situation.

Zygar  ·  4065 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To elaborate—

You have the most information about how to solve a problem once it's become a problem. If you're running into scaling issues—you very, very quickly find out where the chief bottleneck lies and can work out a solution.

And when spammers slowly try to take over, you'll be able to observe the ways in which they game the system and respond appropriately.

Often, the biggest problems are the ones which you can't predict.

mk  ·  4051 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We intend that people create accounts to use the site. But we can take user actions (ignores), and use it to customize the logged-out version.

Once you start building a feed, the noise is gone.