Perhaps that it isn't that your post is pointless but that the culture of Hubski is changing. No matter what we choose to do, there's going to be a 'tipping point' at which the new users and the culture they bring with them will change how the site works. I'll admit, I came to Hubski with one of the waves of AskReddit threads, but so far (hopefully) managed to stay away from the Reddit-style 'repost' mentality. On the other hand, Hubski is a fantastic place for the exact reasons you're quoting in the post, and this culture should totally be preserved.

I, for one, have noticed the reposts, and this, in my personal opinion, reduces the value of subscribing to a certain tag. Most users who I follow are generally from the 'former' generation of Hubskiers, if you could call them that. But subscribing to a tag allows you to follow trends and follow movements, rather than one person's opinion. One of Hubski's most fantastic advantages is to be able to follow a person, because this means that you value their opinions and that you value the links which they curate from around the 'net. If we then say that subscribing to a tag should also be valued highly due to the opinion-broadening effect doing so, then the reposts are a concern if they don't add anything meaningful.

And it isn't just the reposts...discussion, discussion, discussion. The comment threads, while I don't participate on a general basis, have generally been more singular than others, and, true, that doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing, where can we draw the line between a user (or group of users) simply getting used to the unique community of Hubski and the changing of the Hubski inner mindset?

I think what I'm trying to say here, is that not all change is bad, but the effects of these new reposts do have significant repercussions if they don't promote discussion and if we value tag subscriptions at a similar level to user subscriptions. Thoughts?

~demure