That edge case is much more common than you think, though - Hubski has an exponential effect. As users show up they're exposed to people who are exposed to me and my influence increases much more rapidly than yours because of my head start. I'm on the steep end of the curve, you're on the shallow. Apropos of nothing, pretty goofy to call me out for a reply when you've got me set to ignore.
Our ignore feature isn't that great how it is structured. It will be changed soon to have two different functions: 1) this user's posts don't enter my feed. 2) This users is banned from commenting on/following/being involved in my hubski in any way. Currently, one control does both, but we know that ain't right.
I meant the edge case that woranj described, in which I was just wondering if I could escape you. I don't actually mind you or your posts. But of you, mk and tng I follow you the least, so you're the guinea pig of the 'escape the top 3' experiment. Which, you know, doesn't actually explain why I would summon you. But I do like talking to you.New users are not compelled to follow him based on anything but his posts.
I think that's partially true, but misses the fact that your okay posts are neon skylights and my okay posts are fliers in the backs of coffee shops.
A serious and real problem, I agree. Considering it is a social site, making those follows time-limited (or prone to expire without opting in) would level the playing field quite a bit. Frankly, if you had me set to "ignore" but had the tags we mutually found interesting set to "follow" it would cease to be an issue. As it is, I'm tempted to start posting things with the tag #stuffkleinbl00thinksyoushouldignore for things that I'd really rather have a lesser audience for but it's probably too long a hashtag.I think that's partially true, but misses the fact that your okay posts are neon skylights and my okay posts are fliers in the backs of coffee shops.
Hmm. I think that would be extremely effective as long as you didn't mess up the spelling.