Well, I made an account over a year ago (I think soon after hubski was first created) because I saw kleinbl00 mention it somewhere on reddit. I posted a few things, shared a few things, but for the most part lost interest because I couldn't really get the hang of it. I did, however, create /r/hubski on reddit because I thought the fledgling social network had potential, and I added kleinbl00 and fangolo as mods (/u/fangolo is mk's reddit account). kleinbl00 and I didn't really do anything with the subreddit, but mk posted regular blog updates, and every so often throughout the year, I would notice that I still modded /r/hubski, and I would venture back over to hubski and do a few things before losing interest again.

Just a few days before my /r/TheoryOfReddit post, I rediscovered hubski yet again, but this time something just clicked. I don't know if it was the redesign, or the addition of hashtags, but I finally "got it" - and I instantly knew I wanted to attract more users. It was like all of the potential of this place flashed before my eyes, and I wanted to see hubski thrive so I can witness that potential become a reality.

I obviously structured the TOR post so that it revolved around hubski. I did want to discuss potential reddit alternatives, but hubski is just clearly the only threat to reddit on the horizon - its creator is a redditor, and it combines elements of both reddit and twitter. It's only natural that users who are experienced with reddit would be interested in hubski as well.

The thread already popular in TOR when I noticed kleinbl00 had left a great comment (he always has such a way with words that I could never duplicate), so I submitted it to /r/bestof, and went to bed. I was absolutely thrilled when I woke up to see how successful the thread had been (hitting the front page of /r/all!) and when mk told me over a thousand new users had joined.

I have since moved from a "casual" hubski user to a "frequent" hubski user ;) I'd say about 90% of my posts and comments have been made in the last week or so. Even though my account is old, in many ways I am a new user as well.