I wake up, get out of bed and drag a comb across my head. I make my way downstairs and check my email, then I check Hubski, then I check Hubski analytics to see what's shaking in the world of referring sites. Then I read the news today, oh boy! NPR, The Economist, The Atlantic, TNR, Slate, The New Yorker and sometimes The New York Times. Then I post anything I think is interesting to Hubski, for example say the english army had just won the war... Then I patiently wait.... BAM.. there's a Hubski comment from lil or humanodon or flagamuffin that I reply to about how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.... and so on.
The hubski wheel turning orange is now more appealing to me than facebook notifications, which I must say, is a sea change. Because there's nothing like little red numbers over your facebook globe and the subsequent flood of endorphins, "*omg* people are involving me over the internet!!"
I agree. Facebook notifications are often stuff i don't care about like: "this girl you don't know just posted a funny picture on the classes's facebook" When I get an orange wheel, it's more like "somebody thinks your comment/post is interesting enough to post a thoughtful response". Waaaay better :)
Well then, here... have a notification :) I have way more notifications on Hubski than I do FB. Plus, the notifications on Hubski tend to be things I want to actually respond to. I very rarely post a comment on FB these days.