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comment by doommaggot
doommaggot  ·  3078 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: This Old Hubski: What is, and what could be

I'm worried about the future of Hubski if it continues to gain new users. I don't think the site is set up well to stop the lowest common denominator from dominating and crowding everything else out. Not that long ago I avoid participating as much as I could have because I was worried about reducing the quality of the discussion that goes on here. Not any more though.

Posts like the following ones which are dismissive of minority group opinions getting shared so much could discourage these groups from using the site. If it wasn't for user-inactivated providing some much needed discourse then the comments would fit in 100% on Reddit or Youtube or 4chan. I'm not sure whether I should add a supportive comment there and add yet another white person's thoughts on the matter, or let members of minority groups speak for themselves.





caelum19  ·  3071 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What's nice is that low-quality discourse is a highly competitive scene, in which other sites are way better for.