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comment by onehunna
onehunna  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Hubski profiles... How could they be better?

One thing I really like about this website in general are the profiles. The little graphs are dope. The simplicity of the profiles is also something I really enjoy. I honestly can't think of much else I'd like to see, but I saw this post and just wanted to give you a heads up that the profiles are one of the features I really like.





thenewgreen  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's great to hear, thanks. They've certainly come a long way. If you think of anything, ever, that you'd like to see different, let me know but it's nice to hear you've enjoyed them.

Do you use them to sort of vet other users as to whether or not you'd like to follow them?

onehunna  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I'll often creep on somebody's profile like a pre-teen girl hooked on Facebook just to see what they're into, what their bio says, and what they've been sharing/posting. It's kind of like looking at someone's online dating profile or something, to see if our interests might be compatible.

thenewgreen  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To that end, is there anything else that would help you know better whether you want to follow that person? I have often thought that if sites like Match and E-Harmoney can pair people up for life, we can certainly do a better job of pairing people up to share information and conversation.

onehunna  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Damn, that's a good question. When it comes to web design I'm totally shit for brains. But I think something that might be neat (along the lines of humanodon's suggestion of expanding the 'interested in:' section) would maybe be if that was clickable (similar to how posts/shares are). Then you could see every tag the user has been active in (either sharing or posting), and how often or how much they've been active in each one over the course of time. I like the 'interested in:' section as it is but if you could click to expand it, it might give someone a better idea of what the other person is all about.

humanodon  ·  3876 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I like that idea. The bio page is nice and neat, and the way you're suggesting seems like it's a way to add functionality and keep the look.