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Super_Cyan  ·  3429 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How often do you visit Hubski? How much time do you spend here? Why?

I get on here just about every day towards the end, because there's not enough content to be lost by not getting on more frequently. I usually browse the newest global posts and either find something I like and support it, or find something that I don't like and project my self-hatred unto it to feel better. I really don't spend a whole lot of time on here, unless I comment, because I like to write manifestos; which means that I'm either on here for 10 minutes or an hour and a half.

I'm not a big reader and I can't focus, so I usually just read self posts or skim the headlines for something interesting, read the article (well, most of it if it's long), and make a response. Sometimes there's nothing I really feel like reading about on the site, so I just get off until the next day. It's not like Reddit, the only other site I go on, where if I'm not on at least twice in the day, I might miss something big, so I just get on at night and catch up for the day. It's like a newspaper for me, except I end, rather than start, my day with it.

I keep coming back, because I like the people and discussion on here. I like seeing familiar faces, because I spend most of my day alone, due to a really screwed up sleep schedule that keeps me from spending a lot of time with my family or friends. Even then, I don't know the people here enough to really take it personally if I get grilled for something. I don't like to back down, and will fight someone if they have an attitude and a half assed answer, but I will take advice from people here to heart. Also, I really like the fact that the top comment to every single post isn't a joke, with a bunch of people clamoring to find something "witty" to retort in hopes of climbing to the the top for that sweet trickle down karma. Seriously, some threads I see on Reddit look like the gaming club's improv team upon seeing a girl; It's just kind of sad and weird.





user-inactivated  ·  3428 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    because there's not enough content to be lost by not getting on more frequently

Do you believe that you're missing stuff out if you're not visiting Hubski and/or Reddit? From what I understand, they're your most prominent news sources. Do you believe that, by not visiting them, you'll lose touch with the world?

Super_Cyan  ·  3428 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's pretty sad in my opinion, but yeah. I've gone though stints where someone will say something about a current event, and I'll be taken back and ask "Wait, what happened?" I wish there were other places I got my news, but Reddit and Hubski are the only places that I really visit. It kind of sucks, because unless the communities deem an event relevant to their bias, it will never show up.

In that quote, I was more or less saying that I can get on once a day here and see every post from today, however.

user-inactivated  ·  3428 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Do you believe it is important to be up to speed on every popular current event?