Yesterday I got an email from one of our users. I’m not sure what this user’s Hubski name is, but he thought that Hubski could use a bookmarklet. That is, we needed a way that you could submit content from your browser while you were roaming about the web.
That was a good idea. Today we have a bookmarklet.
In addition, I put together our first Hubski button. So, if you have a website or blog, you can add a Hubski submission button if you like.
The bookmarklet and button can be found here: http://hubski.com/buttons. The permanent link is on the bottom of the page.
In addition to this, you might notice that the hubwheel by your name has a different number of circles. This hubwheel still provides an estimate of your influence and activity upon the site, but instead of very slowly filling in, now it keeps spinning around. You can find a count of how many times it has gone around in your profile.
Why did we do this?
For one reason, we thought it was boring to have a half-filled hubwheel eternally sitting by your name. Second, we are laying the groundwork for a future experiment.
We don’t want to make things competitive. But we want a bit more granularity when it comes to a measure of user activity and influence. FYI, the hubwheel turns in response to a number of things that you or other people do, not just sharing and comment votes.
As always, feedback is appreciated.