One critique I commonly hear about Hubski is that it feels insular, which can be intimidating to newcomers. Also, as some long term members have far more followers than others, the content is dominated by these few personalities.
tacocat recently made this observation, and I think it's one worth having a discussion about.
From my perspective, the only sacred cow of Hubski is that we encourage the kind of thoughtful conversation that we are all after.
Do you think that Hubski's user-following mechanic is deleterious?
If not, is there something we can do to reduce the effect that tacocat describes?
Would you change Hubski if you could? What would you change?
Personally, I think tacocat raises a valid criticism.