I feel that while I am sometimes participating in the discussions, I am more worried about gaining followers so that I can get closer to the "goal" (not my goal necessarily), of being a superuser/just having a lot of followers. However, I do NOT appeal to the masses. I ONLY post things that I'm interested in. Sometimes I'll read the whole article and then share, sometimes I'll be halfway through, share it, and then finish it. Rarely do I share without reading, and if I do, I have it ready for me to read later on Instapaper.

One thing that I have noticed that is contrary to the idea that the superusers automatically have all this popularity is that sometimes their posts just don't get shared. This is kind of rare, but it still happens.

Another note: I watch who shares my posts. I know that if a superuser shares it, I'm going to be watching my hubwheel go up at least a dot. I am aware that this is not the point of the site, but like karma, I still want it.

My question to the Hubski creators and maintainers: who can we prevent the superusers from sucking up all of the users?

While I'm here I would like to say that I love how no one knows that you've edited a post. I HATE the "EDIT: Hurr I think I'm on Reddit." (Yes I edited this comment and thought I would add this.)