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thenewgreen · 4268 days ago · link · · parent · post: I have noticed that the majority of posts come from a very small number of people. How can we, as a community, encourage more people to contribute?

I am aware that this is not exactly a major issue, as Hubski is currently working out fairly well, but i feel it would make for a larger range of opinions to be displayed did more people feel willing to add to the experience. It would be great to get more people to comment and post, but some people just aren't the type to do it. Hubski, like other sites, serves many different functions for different people. I don't think the challenge is to necessarily change the behaviors of the people that are already visiting the site, I think the challenge is bringing new, interesting people to the site. But how do you attract the right people? How do you let people know? We don't advertise, we rely on word of mouth. If you know people that could add to the conversations here, by all means invite them.

We have some announcements coming that should be able to help with this. By the way, welcome to Hubski. I'm glad you already like the place enough that you are interested in making it even better. Any suggestions are always welcome.

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_refugee_ · 4268 days ago · link ·

Hmm. I just figured that the reason Hubski sometimes felt like this to me was because of the "echo-chamber" or limiting effect of following people. I figured maybe if I went out in effort of finding more people, I'd find more posts.

+discuss+discuss

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thenewgreen · 4268 days ago · link ·

That too. There are definitely different versions of the site for everyone in that regard. Still, there are less than 8k accounts on Hubski. That's pretty small. That said, we get a ton of lurkers without accounts. I'd personally love to have more writers and creative types come over. It's been fun

+discuss+discuss

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AshShields · 4262 days ago · link ·

I totally agree on that last part. Since I joined - hell, in the last few months, I think, the arts and culture side of hubski has grown a heap. Things like the #storyclub and the word games, people sharing their writing and stuff have been really great. The #goodlongread tag is absolutely fantastic, too.