#askhubski is a miasma of tedium, whereas last year, it wasn't.

I was ignoring #askhubski for a while until I realized that people were using it to ask about hubski functionality. It's never been my thing, but it has only become less interesting for me.

It's funny. mk pushed some code without telling anybody so when you mute someone, they're muted throughout your post history.

FYI, the comments are still there, they are just collapsed. I assumed that since someone muted a user, they'd rather the user's previous comments be less featured. Maybe that was a poor assumption. minimum_wage expressed some reservations about it if I remember correctly. I don't mind if I was wrong about that. I rarely mute people, and when I do, it's usually preemptive based on their comments on other's posts.

"Have an upvote" is rapidly becoming the mentality around here and every time we lose granularity, those of us who use the system differently than the median have less and less motivation to participate.

I recall a comment recently where you basically told people that they needed to be the change they want to see. Do you feel that's not possible? Serious question, no snark.

We had an influx of folk from #askreddit, and many of them stayed. Basically we've got a "You got your #askreddit in my #askhubski" situation. Ideally, there shouldn't be anything wrong with that. You should be able to guard and preserve your own Hubski experience. The reality is less than ideal. Cultural shift is a thing, a powerful thing.

What's hard is to arrange your social structure such that it can be welcoming to the new while also giving the old a reason to stick around.

This is very true. Personally, I'd rather a great place that's hard to get to than a good place that is accessible.

I see what you are saying about loss of global granularity. But I think there's a better solution to be had than what we had going.