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am_Unition  ·  3542 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Who(m) have you muted?

I muted mreiland, but he was still able to reply to me. I didn't really mind, it might be fair to allow one last rebuttal/response. Actually, I've unmuted him now, and will be striving to be less hot-headed in the future.

There was one guy, I think he was a 15 year old kid, but he was quite vocally pro-NSA. It sounded like trolling, but I don't think it was. Ended up that I never got around to muting him because he realized no one appreciated his contributions and straight up left the site.

So... no one's muted for me. The only person I even have filtered is ahametals, but that hardly counts.





insomniasexx  ·  3542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ahametals is probably one of the most intriguing accounts on Hubski. I can't figure out their end goal or purpose and so I've left them unfiltered to stimulate an occasional slice of curiosity. I swear their content has become more targeted for the Hubski audience over time.

Why anyone would think that a knowledgable / internet-savvy community of this size would be worth tailoring content for...well that's part of the intrigue.

am_Unition  ·  3542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Why anyone would think that a knowledgable / internet-savvy community of this size would be worth tailoring content for...well that's part of the intrigue.

True.

Wow, I'd love for he/she/them/it to come into this thread and reply to me, even angrily. Color me intrigued as well.

One thing that may play into their strategy is that there is definitely some wealth here on Hubski. On average, we're probably better off monetarily than 99% of internet communities. Not me or you, necessarily, but in general. Regardless, the target audience is just so small.

_refugee_  ·  3541 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I called him out once for being spam and he was sad about it. I don't think he would reply angrily to someone, I was very blatant about identifying him as a spam account. He essentially asked me why I thought he was spam and that he tried to post things he thought we would like.

am_Unition  ·  3541 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's borderline adorable. :(

beezneez  ·  3542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ahametals, lol. They might be next on my list. Seriously, I didn't even have to look at their posting history.

am_Unition  ·  3542 days ago  ·  link  ·  

When corporations make Hubski accounts... well, it's just funny.

user-inactivated  ·  3537 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That 15 year old pro-NSA guy was probably me ._.

Sorry that it came off as trolling.

am_Unition  ·  3537 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It was you...

My apologies for that, you are by all means entitled to contribute to this community. Just don't expect anyone to agree about the NSA business.

Sorry man!