I think you get some things right but then immediately backtrack on your valid points with some ridiculous reasonings. Let's start here.

As an experiment, I found the most politically innocuous source for the story imaginable (USA Today) and posted it to see if anyone would bite. Not surprisingly, no one did.

That's right.

So, the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, or whatever they feel like calling themselves) issues a call to supporters to launch attacks in the West – and a few days later there is a beheading in Oklahoma by a man with militant Islamic material and rhetoric on his Facebook page – and nobody on Hubski thinks it’s interesting!?

That is wrong.

At this point in time, Hubski is not the only place that any of us visit on the web. Hubski has been referred to as the third place of the internet numerous times. Thusly, at times, you will find that the top stories and breaking news stories that are on the front page of every aggregator, blog, and news publication aren't on Hubski. It's not that we are against posting these stories, it's just that most of us have already seen it when we visit Hubski.

We all spend time and love our Hubski, but usually the biggest and breaking news stories have already been regurgitated, debated, loved, or deplored ad nauseam elsewhere. I personally come to Hubski for conversations and discussions with other human beings. I don't come here to see the same exact content that I find on Twitter, Facebook, reddit, digg, the newspaper, etc.

The following paragraph where you hypothesize ridiculously about the reasons for this is also flawed, for different reasons. Let's say, hypothetically, that this story was important enough to be discussed and wasn't being discussed enough elsewhere. The reason it didn't get shared has nothing to do with the content of the story but how you presented it. You, a user who typically posts insightful essays that delve into psychology and society and human nature, post this:

Which leads to a page that literally looks like it's straight from CBS. Loading video symbol, advertisements everywhere, blocks of emptiness, no real information, and a video that I had no interest in because nothing else about this story made me interested enough to waste my time watching a video.

If you felt like this story was important and interesting enough, I would recommend giving a little blurb in about why you think it's important. Not a clickbaity headline. Not some ridiculous, sarcastic shit like, "Racist white executive shoots black employee for trying to cure a coworker’s headache." But something besides a worthless article covering an uninteresting story. Yes. Uninteresting. Because even after I have fully read your thoughts on posting the article and the article itself, I still don't find it interesting enough to read further.

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Alright. I'm getting upset at the sarcastic, patronizing shit you wrote (and tried to pass as "thoughfulness") in that last paragraph so let's move on, shall we? Ohio.

They all commiserated with his awful experience – notwithstanding that, by his own admission, nothing specifically bad had actually happened to him.

Yup...that's called life, love, hate, and being a human being. It's irrational, emotional, illogical, and ridiculously glorious. You, however, think, "

...but the one thing it certainly isn’t is thoughtful. It’s thoughtless. Or, if you prefer the vernacular, it’s fucking thoughtless.

No. I truly like your definitions of thoughtful in the introductory paragraph. However, I didn't see where you define thoughtful as only including "intellectual" subjects and not using the word fuck. I may be wrong, but your obsession with the use of "bad" words reminds me of my mother and I believe that this obsession, at times, may hinder you (and my mother) from seeing the truth and depth in any statement that has a curse word on the surface.

Let's take a look at the "cooing pigeons". Here's the post for reference.

1. El_Duderino giving some more insights on life, inner values and, to top it off, a put-that-shit-in-a-frame-on-my-wall quote.

The social structure that supported my interests and education have basically vanished, exposing my values like never before. This has led to a certain understanding:

Without limitations, there wouldn't be any need for creativity.

You may not have been dealt the perfect hand. But do not forget: we are masters at manipulating the environment around us to suit our needs... that or just god damn determined to make sense of our observations. But do continue telling us what you see, I enjoy reading it =)

2. kleinbl00 giving some straight up kleinbl00 advice. Good advice. Dare I say, thoughtful advice.

Channel your inner anthropologist. There will come a time when Ohio has been in your rearview for many years. You will meet someone at a party who shall say something disparaging about Ohio. In order to bond with them, you must be educated about specific, terrible things about Ohio...

Yes. I'm going to say it. That comment is fucking thoughtful. And, on top of it, I like it. Which counts for something in my book.

Yes, those comments are hand-picked. But all the comments in that thread are essentially the same. They are not cooing pigeons though. They are people bonding over mutual distastes. They are people relating to shitty circumstances and hilarious circumstances. They are people giving advice.

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By your definition, thoughtful means:

The first meaning is considerate...Civil might be another synonym.

The second meaning of "thoughtful" is contemplative. Involving thought.

If that thread doesn't fit into your definition of thoughtful, then I'm honestly not sure what does. It is simultaneously considerate, civil , and contemplative.

For fun, I just looked up the definition of thoughtless: not showing consideration for the needs of other people.

I find it incredibly ironic that the way that you counter the "thoughtlessness" of Hubski is by writing a flawed, sarcastic, shallow, and downright antagonistic blog about Hubski. I stand by my belief that Hubski is thoughtful. This particular blog of yours, however, is one of the more thoughtless things I've encountered on Hubski.