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kijafa  ·  4077 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: PSA: Hubski downtime

I'm wondering how much traffic got driven over.

kijafa  ·  4292 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: An Open Letter to /r/CenturyClub: "I don't hate any of you..."

You know what would be great about Hubski? If people stopped linking to Reddit on it.

kijafa  ·  4292 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SpaceX CRS-2 Launch: Was a Success after a capsule malfunction.

Word I got from folks on-center (KSC) is that they orbital thrusters have failed to fire properly. They're getting the recovery team together and there is talk of de-orbiting.

kijafa  ·  4338 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Please upski this

Le This

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit: Top Posts of the Year and the Best of 2012 Awards

I'm not saying it's a rational fear, but it's my concern all the same.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Know your roots

I'm kinda jealous Saydrah got mentioned by name.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Redditor confidently explains why Hubski will fail

To be fair that is my fear with Hubski, that a handful of users will drive all the content. But then again I can just ignore them if it's not good content.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski's response to the 404 error

Yeah, maybe mk could link to a different zork site.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: DAE remember whing about Digg refugees?

Yeah but you can collect badges. Just like Ash.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: DAE think that hubski is literally the best thing since reddit?

/r/MURICA

Wait, I mean #MURICA

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Feature idea

That's a good point. I'm not saying that having the time stamp would be without value, I'm just thinking not having it stamped would lead to longer discussions.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Raep raep
kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Circle Circle, Dot (You know what to do)

I'm so glad to see you all here.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Circle Circle, Dot (You know what to do)

creepig pls

While I don't think it's that big of a deal, I do think we should try to decrease overlap between Hubski and Reddit for the time being. While I know that keeping social media sites from overlapping is impossible in the long run, I think that there should be some sort of emphasis on the fact that Hubski is not Reddit-lite.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Modding your own posts

I'd guess the new feature. If you just ignore anyone with a dissenting opinion, then it's not really a discussion is it?

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Feature idea

Maybe? I mean not having a time-stamp on the larger menu would make it more likely that people will periodically re-spark discussion on a topic.

I'm glad someone took the most nonsensical question from that AMA and tried to make sense of it in such a tongue-in-cheek way.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A fair warning for all Hubsters

Done.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A fair warning for all Hubsters

I'm gunna follow you so hard.

kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A fair warning for all Hubsters
kijafa  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There is no Reddit migration

I don't think it's really a migration, it's more of a percolation? I found out about Hubski from my brother, who in turn found out about it from Reddit. I'm not abandoning Reddit, I'm just ALSO using Hubski.

But to deny that there will be more and more people coming over from Reddit is a bit naive I think. A lot of users are already here because of Reddit posts, I think Syncretic's in particular. As more Redditors find out, they will share with more people. There is a significant demographic within Reddit to which Hubski will appeal, and they will eventually find it.

kijafa  ·  4341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: Who is the most underrated guitar player? Who is the most overrated?

Underrated: Andy McKee. He's starting to catch on in popularity, but damn is he talented.

Overrated: Jimmy Page maybe. I love Zep, but Page wasn't that talented.

kijafa  ·  4341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: So how big is Hubski?

The small part is kinda the draw I think. If you want big, and there's nothing wrong with that, there's plenty of Reddit out there. I'm still active on Reddit, but I come to Hubski precisely for the small community.

kijafa  ·  4341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your comfort food?

I like mine ground up and sprinkled on ice cream.

kijafa  ·  4341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your comfort food?

I had to eat early tonight...

kijafa  ·  4341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How often do you visit hubski?

Maybe a couple days a week. I feel like it's likely to increase, especially now that the "global" page is a thing.

kijafa  ·  4341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your comfort food?

Cheese sticks. There are tons of comfort foods for me, but when I'm super stressed and looking to consume my way to happiness I always default to a cold stick of string cheese.

kijafa  ·  4341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Strange Career of Robert Oppenheimer

It always bothers me how people take the quote "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" completely out of context. If I recall the point is that Arjuna doesn't want to fight his own family, and Vishnu is pushing him to fight. So in that context you could see Oppenheimer's famous quote as a sad thing. Yes he's created this great power, but he knows it'll be used on other humans. He doesn't want to unleash this death, but he feels compelled by a greater power. Thus in his internal conflict the quote changes almost to reluctant acceptance of what must happen.

I'm really disappointed by the overlap between Reddit and Hubski. I mean it's not unreasonable, I came from Reddit just like a lot of users. But at the same time I didn't come here for that. Isn't that kinda the point, for this to be its own thing?