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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Obligatory Influx Opinions Post

I wouldn't even see them as restrictions - after all, if you're smart enough to figure out how to disable them, they aren't restrictions. Just as most video games don't throw you into expert mode on day 1, Hubski (and Reddit) ought to set you up in such a way that you don't piss people off on day 1. It's a fight I've had with the admins since Alexis was actually doing work: why the fuck do you have default subreddits at all? The answer, of course, is "because traffic." Since Hubski doesn't think like that, we've more of a chance.





zonk  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh yes, when I talked about restrictions I meant things like "no posting until you get a badge with comments" or something like that. Something like those default settings which you have to find out yourself would be perfect, although I couldn't come up spontaneously with ideas how to realize them.

b_b  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And just to add to what kleinbl00 said: we're always open to suggestions on how to make the site better. "Because traffic" will never hold water around here (although, of course we want more traffic, just the right kind of traffic). If in the future you have any ideas, feel free to let us know. Some people use the #bugski tag, even though that was set up for actual bugs. I wonder if we should have like #suggestionbox or something. That might work.

thenewgreen  ·  3851 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I wonder if we should have like #suggestionbox or something. That might work.
-Good idea.