The only thing I don't like about subreddits on Reddit is that someone owns them. No one gets to choose who is in charge of your favorite subreddit. There are power trips, coups, and all kinds of immature stuff that can go on even in relatively small and niche subreddits. On Hubski, everyone is the curator of a tag. You can moderate by muting and blocking users to clean up a given tag space. There are no owners or mods of tags who control what the rules are. While I have doubts about how the tag system will scale against a subreddit style system, that's not really my concern. That's up to MK and the gang to figure out. In the meantime, Hubski works just great for what it is. Also, I noticed you are asking a lot of questions about Reddit and comparing it to Hubski. A lot of people here use BOTH Reddit and Hubski for many various reasons. You don't have to pick just one. :)
One thing I like about subreddits though is that some of them feel more like an actual community--which is nice for a site as big as Reddit, because if it were all just one giant "community", it'd be harder to really find people to connect with based on shared interests and views. In small subreddits I'm able to have good discussions, I can recognize users and possibly remember things about them, and they each have their own distinct feel. I care a bit more about discussions generally than the content posted to a subreddit/tag. Bad moderation can make a subreddit go to hell of course, but I subscribe to a number of subreddits that I don't think have much of that problem. Good moderators take input from the community and act upon it. Hubski I think is small enough that one big community works better than if it were to break up into many smaller communities. I like the tag system on Hubski and the subreddit system on Reddit, but I'm not sure I'd like it as much if it were vice versa. One thing I like about the tag system is that it's possible to post something about a more niche interest and it can still gain attention. If you post something to a very tiny subreddit, then nobody will see it aside from the very few people that happen to have found that subreddit. On Hubski there's more than one way to come across a post though (2 tags + followers), so it's not so limiting.
I agree, I mentioned how it will scale as a concern.
Reddit would be a complete mess if no-one owned the sub-reddits. This is what allows the community to enforce rules to prevent memes and other unwanted content from becoming overwhelming. If Reddit removed ownership of sub-reddits it would be a complete disaster. Maybe Hubski can find a method to make the site scale with tags, but that is yet to be seen
I wasn't suggesting they should be removed, but ownership can also be a negative in some subreddits. Though I've never had a problem with mods in any of the subreddits I frequent, there have been some major shit storms over moderation numerous times over the years I've been on Reddit. Moderation is necessary on Reddit, doesn't mean it can't also be a negative at times.If Reddit removed ownership of sub-reddits it would be a complete disaster.
|While I have doubts about how the tag system will scale against a subreddit style system, that's not really my concern. That's up to MK and the gang to figure out. In the meantime, Hubski works just great for what it is. Agreed, I was just brainstorming the potential of Hubski based on how it stands now-- that said, my understanding is not yet whole. This community offers a lot to learn, which is why I've been trying to compare to reddit, the only similar network i have truly been involved in, to see how Hubski stands apart. I'm hoping to have many updates as this idea is worked out :)
Yeah, Hubski isn't yet big enough to have the kinds of problems that subreddits/moderators solve, but it will be very interesting to see how it's tackled if it ever gets to that point.
The foundations of a budding site like this are important. We want to enjoy and evolve with how things are now, but planning for the future is just as important.