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lil  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Contact Has Been Made

We opened the book of questions and this is what flew out:

How do you manage your hubskiing when there is just so much to read or reply to?

Who have you met in person? Did it change your relationship with that person at all?

What do you and tng talk about on evox? Who is that guy?

What do you make of the new young people? Do you think they are really as brilliant as they seem or do they quickly read a Wikipedia article in order to respond on some topic and seem like an expert (galen)?

How long did it take you to love and appreciate kleinbl00?

Who's out of control?

If hubski reads your writing and poems and responds occasionally with deep insight or maybe someone seems to really get what you're saying and if that feels like enough -- like you don't need to be ambitious beyond that -- is that a good thing or a bad thing?

and too many more questions to answer, but we also talked about mk, _refugee_, insomniasexx, wasoxygen, forwardslash, b_b and a bunch of the rest. I bet your ears were a tingle.





insomniasexx  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My ears were a tingle. I always wonder what kind of impressions I make on people - especially when their first IRL experience is intoxicated insomniasexx. >.<

Those are really great questions. Imma answer some of them.

    How do you manage your hubskiing when there is just so much to read or reply to?

I hide on reddit.

    Who have you met in person?

mk, b_b, tng, humanodon, ButterflyEffect, mal-2, lil, _refugee_, theadvancedapes, ecib, Meriadoc, arguewithatree, cliffelam, NuclearParadox, Rockit, lucky_cabbage, ipreferpi, wasoxygen,

NC 1 - NC 2 - MARINA DEL REY - DETROIT - DC - BOSTON - NC 3

    Did it change your relationship with that person at all?

Some people I've become WAY closer with since meeting - like TNG. Some people there hasn't been a super drastic change or anything - like b_b and I had no change whatsoever. :P Typically, if I talked with them a lot on Hubski before, it only progressed to more texting / facebook / intagram / etc since then. Sometimes, I shoot texts to people when there's something I want to say on Hubski but I don't actually want to say it.

Meeting in person definitely changes how I read a persons comments. I put a name and a face with the comments now. For some people, like ref, that doesn't really change much. Her comments are pretty much 100% her and aligned with the person I envisioned pre-meeting. lil - you as well are pretty much a direct reflection of your comments as well. I now have a face but it's only enhanced the relationship, not changed it.

Meriadoc was not how I pictured him AT ALL. I think the way I read his comments changed slightly since I have his face. I now read Cliff's comments differently as well. He has some opinions that are very different from my own, but I find myself truly trying to see his perspective rather than just another internet comment that I don't always agree with.

    How long did it take you to love and appreciate kleinbl00?

I joined Hubski 904 days ago, I cussed him out (and then apologized) 383 days ago, and it probably was another couple months before I really started liking his more blunt, ranty, rambling, type things. I don't think we engaged much on Hubski for a good while though - I would say I was indifferent to him for my first year or more. So, it took perhaps maybe a year, year and a half? Although it was only a few months of not loving kleinbl00 in there. ;)

    Who's out of control?

TNG, white, blob, ref. Their lives are literally out of fucking control - in a really good / productive way. I hope they don't implode from stress-fest, though. Sometimes I worry.

lil  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

insom, thanks so much for your wonderful responses. It's as if you were in the cafe with rico and me!! I hope I've made it clear how much I appreciate you

By the way, I think you must get the prize for most f2f meetings.

thenewgreen  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You also met jonaswildman at the Deteoit meet up. You talked with him and his wife for a long time.

insomniasexx  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, I didn't know his username! They were great!

thenewgreen  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yep, two of the nicest people I know and very interesting.

galen  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well since I was shouted out, I guess I'll answer a few of these:

    How do you manage your hubskiing when there is just so much to read or reply to?

I realized about a year ago that as a result of the Internet and its contributions to the availability of content, the main content-related issue of the modern age will not be finding content but sorting through it to get to the really good stuff. Since then, I've been working on how to most efficiently consume content, and I think I've got it down pretty well. So I basically read content that is either really interestingly titled, that is fairly interestingly titled and shared/written by a trusted source (whether that's fellow Hubskiers or publications I love), or that is heavily shared/commented on by others I know have similar interests to mine.

    What do you make of the new young people? Do you think they are really as brilliant as they seem or do they quickly read a Wikipedia article in order to respond on some topic and seem like an expert (galen)?

For what it's worth, I can't remember ever consulting WIkipedia before contributing to a Hubski conversation. It may have worked its way into some of my comments by way of past discussions, but never (I think) directly.

    How long did it take you to love and appreciate kleinbl00?

About an hour. I'd encountered people sort of like him before, so it didn't take too long to see the value of his contributions. And he kinda reminds me of myself sometimes, which doesn't hurt.

humanodon  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We also talked about how lil is the hubcap that has met everyone!

Also, we were later asked how many active hubcaps there are and we had no idea how to answer that question.

lil  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

insom has met way more people than moi.

humanodon  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah, was it that you've met all of the hubski team?

lil  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

indeed - including fwdslsh!! in BC.

thenewgreen  ·  3506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You know, the Hubski team hasn't even met all of the Hubski team.

thenewgreen  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    We also talked about how lil is the hubcap that has met everyone!
She is the glue that holds the hub in place

    Also, we were later asked how many active hubcaps there are and we had no idea how to answer that question.
I'd love to hear peoples guesses, though the exact number shall remain a mystery....
_refugee_  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·  

These are great questions.

Ambition is as ambition does. If the hunger is contented by hubski then let it be quelled.