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Just pm me your address and I'll send you out some Hubski stickers. We are down to just the orange ones, but they look great in person.
Also, below are some things I think some of the new people should be aware of:
1 We have a tutorial at the bottom of the page
2 We have a weekly newsletter that insomniasexx puts together and it's pretty kick ass. -Great content. You can view past iterations by following that link too.
3 We have other merchandise through an outside site, and in order to keep the costs down for you guys, we add 0% markup.
4 We have "buttons" -You can add a "submit to Hubski" button to your tool-bar and click it when on a site and it will submit posts for you. Also, there is a "share on hubski" button for those of you with blogs/websites.
5 Have a blog or website and wish your Hubski comments could be mirrored on your site? Well... we've thought of everything
6 Wish you could alter the look of Hubski? Click on your username and then click on settings. Change the "Hubski style" and click "update". -Check out "dark". -warning: Once you go darkski, you never go backski.
7 Did you come to Hubski because you were sick of websites where people compete for fake internet points only to get dissapointed by the hubwheels that fill in with dots showing popularity etc? While in your settings, turn the "zen" mode to "on" and hit update. Namaste
8 We have a backlog of podcasts that I make interviewing members of the Hubski community around a topic. steve puts them to video. They're pretty kick ass. We tag them #tngpodcast Here is my favorite one, it's on Space.
9 Wish you had a chronological listing of every video post? Bam Yeah, that's great thenewgreen but I wish it existed for text posts. Booya!. Want to see me do it for audio posts? Sure you do. That's all though, that's all I've got.
10 Okay, here are all the image posts -BUT please check out this post from NotPhil and get an idea of how images can be used to build an interesting post. To me this is the perfect example of how the ability to use images on the site can enhance the experience. Also, I think it's a great example of what #askhubski could be.
11 We have an IRC channel. Server is mountai.net, channel is #hubski. It's not terribly active but if you idle every once in a while we talk about something. The more the merrier. For more details, see flagamuffin
12 Also, old posts and new posts are equal in our eyes. Just because something was posted yesterday, a week ago or even a year ago doesn't mean we can't discuss it. We are here to share information and ideas and that shouldn't be bound to a timeline.
13 content creators -Share your own work. See more on our philosophy around that here: Personal Content Isn't a Sin
14 Last pro-tip -somewhere on the site is a link to Too Much Information. -First to find it gets a free sticker!
If you'd like the stickers, just PM me your address and I'll send them out early next week!
Lovely. Could you maybe mention in the OP that we have an IRC channel? Server is mountai.net, channel is #hubski. It's not terribly active but if you idle every once in a while we talk about something. The more the merrier presumably. If anyone doesn't have a clue what IRC just shout at me. EDIT: I also feel like the search function and its potential to avoid a lot of reposts of the same articles should be mentioned somewhere. Reposts aren't always a bad thing because discussions can be had in different ways, but they shouldn't come through laziness.11 Last pro-tip -somewhere on the site is a link to Too Much Information. -First to find it gets a free sticker!
Here's a link to a KiwiIRC powered web client which is already set with settings for our IRC channel! https://kiwiirc.com/client/mountai.net/hubski?nick=kiwi_ For those who'd like to try out a full fledged software client, here are some great open-source and cross platform options! * Smuxi * Quassel IRC * XChat Note: The pre-compiled windows builds available from the XChat site aren't free, and require a registration fee of $19.99 USD after 30 days, but the source is freely available and many forks are out there. Some examples are... * X-Chat SE * HexChat * X-Chat 2 Of course, there are many other options available, including closed source freeware/shareware/paid options. Take a look at this wikipedia article for a pretty thorough listing.
Got my stickers yesterday! They're great, thanks!
Awesome! I'm glad they made it and thanks for letting me know, I always appreciate that.
I have a really strong throwing arm. I tossed it all the way there. I toss a lot. Oh wait! Toss is a derogatory term in the UK. Doh! Enjoy the stickers! Let me know if you need more for the office :)
And by "dark" you mean "spring", right? I don't get why "spring" isn't more popular than it currently is. IMO "clean" is too empty, and "dark" doesn't have good enough contrast. "spring" is prefect, and it introduces my favorite color: green! I went springski and never went backski :P. Here it is! I actually use it a lot when I want to find some recent posts or whatever. I also like the chatter page. These are all great tips though. Thanks for posting this. I'm sure it'll help a lot of newbies. Also, keep an eye out for my message for those stickers ;)6 Wish you could alter the look of Hubski? Click on your username and then click on settings. Change the "Hubski style" and click "update". -Check out "dark". -warning: Once you go darkski, you never go backski.
14 Last pro-tip -somewhere on the site is a link to Too Much Information. -First to find it gets a free sticker!
Wait, I need help understanding something. In the title of the post you say you are giving out free stickers. Later in the post you say the the first person to find the "Too Much Information" link gets a free sticker. This seems a little counter intuitive. That being said, I'm going to devote the rest of my night to finding that link.
No problem, no problem, no problem, no problem. -got them all.
hmm.. works for me. I've had 6 people PM me for stickers. I have LOTS more so If anyone wants any...
So weird. It works for me now too. I tried to like 8 times and still have the 404 error on another tab. Freaky. I have a bunch of stickers left too. I'm putting a couple more rounds in the mail tomorrow.