Ohanian and Huffman had pretty much the same intentions back in the day... Then they sold reddit to Conde Nast.

Well, if the owner/s of hubski decide they want more visitors, they will simplify the interface to make it more accessible and therefore more attractive to wider audiences. Which, in turn, will lead to hordes of teenagers posting memes and cats and ... you know the drill.

Doesn't it kind of defeat the purpose to encourage new users (i.e. reddit refugees) to click on the 'popular' stuff? Just wondering.