Ya, I'm not sure if I like the reddit comparison. I mean reddit isn't going away. If Hubski scales up substantially it will be because it is filling a different function for the Internet than reddit currently serves.The New Reddit? Nah. How about the first Hubski.
Ya, I'm not sure if I like the reddit comparison. I mean reddit isn't going away. If Hubski scales up substantially it will be because it is filling a different function for the Internet than reddit currently serves.
Exactly. The quote at the end is from a comment I made on Hubski and I think the analogy is apt. I hang out with various people in various circles of my life for different reasons. Why should online communities be any different? There's room for us all.
I agree with you. I think reddit is a great platform for community building around single topics, whether it is a naked girl or birds with arms or weird marine life or whatever. I hope that reddit continues to fill the function of showing off the best easy-to-consume content with a strong commenting platform. However, I think that hubski will continue to fill the void of longer form content or more challenging content with people who actually want to discuss rather than comment. There are, no doubt, still subreddits that have discussions on higher quality content, whether it be in niche smaller subreddits or with heavy moderation, but overall reddit no longer is the place to go for that type of content and discussion.
Well, insomniasexx pretty much hit it on the head. Reddit offers instant thrills and it's easy to get distracted. Of course, users can tailor their experience too, but defaults make a huge impact on new users as far as tone and mentality. Hubski, from the get-go presents itself as the kind of place that one needs to interact with in a much more proactive way. Also, reddit exists as a foil to hubski, at least for me. I can get my cheap thrills and then head over here to learn something and to actually interact with users who are focused on the same kind of thing.