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wasoxygen  ·  1700 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Labor Econ Versus the World

You picked a good time to take a break. The Calamity of 2016 has been the focus of attention since then, and Hubski is subject to the same issues that affect other places of online public conversations.

I made a suggestion, but I don't think there's any good fix. The strength of a public site comes from attracting new perspectives, but an open door also attracts spammers and show-offs. I don't know how any kind of user-based moderation can be structured without it becoming a scoreboard. Quarrels are always crowd-pleasers, so I figure people are getting what they come for, and I accept that Hubski is as good as it gets.





kingmudsy  ·  1700 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    The Calamity of 2016

I'm not actually sure what you mean by that, could you explain?

I like you suggestions. The conversations in that thread were good, too. Maybe I'm just trying to make Hubski something that it's not

wasoxygen  ·  1700 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I refer, of course, to the disastrous late-night liquidation of my 209 shares of D, acquired with little apparent risk at prices ranging from 69-91ยข, decimating the balance I built up with months of careful trading.

Recovery has been slow. I am now up $2.20 on a $6.30 bet against impeachment, up $0.80 from $1.52 on Biden and down almost 50% on a hopeful $1.08 long shot position against Maduro.