Hello peeps!
New here, just came in from Reddit. I wasn't on there for very long and missed the entirety of the events from Thursday due to other matters. I hope to make friends here, I gave it a shot on Reddit but didn't have much success. I like the idea of being part of a community on here though I'm not entirely sure how to do so. Feel free to say hi to me, maybe tell me how your day was. I look forward to chatting with some of you guys.
Here, this is for you pal. My favorite Spoon song :)
They're a great band! Now you know that your namesake is way cooler than a simple eating utensil.
Hey Spoon. Welcome. Sorry TNG, this song is better: Welcome to Hubski. Oh Snap.
Hey buddy, welcome! I only just joined too. I'm kind of sick of the drama and superficiality of reddit. I guess at some point everything devolves into memes and quick one-liners to try to get some karma. It's a bit disheartening when you see somebody's thoughtful reply sitting with only a couple of points, while jokes making fun of how technical that comment is see hundreds of points and even guildings! It seems like this place has the focus on longer-form content, and longevity of discussions, which I think is ideal.
I saw a pun get upvoted into the thousands, gilded, and praised as "the best Reddit comment ever", and just thought "If this is the best that this site is ever going to have, should I even bother to stay here hoping for something more?" When the drama of this week started going down, I started looking elsewhere and found this place, and I really like it (not going to completely abandon Reddit at once, but just start moving over).
I used reddit for the small communities for news updates but it was incredibly discouraging to participate there. Then the whole mod protest by locking up subreddits made me realize that the entire administration (both admin and mods) is completely dumb. It's not fair that mods who claim the name for a subreddit first are untouchable and can ban anyone or any post they don't like. A few days ago I saw a mod remove a post because it was against the rules of posting "a fan submission" (a really neat fan video) but then someone else posted the exact same link and got to the front page but no action taken. That made me start my search for a better site. It's actually nice to see full, positive conversations in the comment section. Not to mention that reposting and karma whoring seems almost nonexistent on this site which means that there is actual content on this site. I'll will still use reddit for now until things pick up. I believe we will see more traffic as people seek better alternatives. The fact this site is struggling with the new load of users is a good sign.
I just made an account also, and couldn't agree with you more. If the comment didn't agree with the masses, you could forget about it. Popularity of comments or discussion had nothing to do with actual reasoning or how well a point of view was presented but rather what it stood behind.
I highly agree. That site was all about getting upvotes. No one cared who you were or why you were posting. Heck, most of the 'conversations' I had was people telling me how wrong I was to post an opinion. How dare I post something that isn't popular? I guess it's the bottom comment dungeon for me. I admit that sometimes I was wrong and some good responses on rare occasions. Most of the time, I didn't bother posting anything because I didn't want to deal with all the stupid responses. I actually like the fact we can mute those we don't want to respond to us. I hope I never need to use it but it definitely will make people think twice before posting.
Welcome to the site Spoon. Take a moment and check out our primer page: https://hubski.com/primer let us know if you have any questions. Enjoy your time here!