I don't think it's the too personal thing. You haven't been around but we share a lot of personal stuff on Hubski:
- kb tells us about his daughter
- Bfx tells us about getting dumped
- tng tells us about HIS amazing story
- I'd link to you to my own #askhubski about my brother and assholes, but I can't find it. here ya go
We do share personal things here. I think they just have to be the right personal things. There's been plenty of personal #askhubskis. I think #askhubskis are more successful when the OP has been established on Hubski for a while - when users know and care about the OP.
I guess it's too personal too soon then. Reddit is about the fact that you are anonymous and is a lot about sharing things early so I could get why redditors show up and asks these kinds of things. Here it's more like an actual relationship, you don't start out with the heavy questions.