Hmmmm. Just about ready to leave work in Shoreview, Minnesota. It hasn't started snowing yet. Honestly, I'm sort of looking forward to a bit of snow - I'm not ready for the cold yet, but I like it when a light snow is falling. After work I'm going to head over to a parrot shelter and play with some birds. In terms of my life, things are going pretty well I suppose. I've been reading a lot more lately than I had for a while (currently about 50 pages to completion of Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut). I'm still loving and being challenged by my new job. I do wish I had a bit more free time. I feel like I'm working too much to have the energy to do a whole lot outside of work. I'm still feeling pretty down from my girlfriend leaving me 3 months ago. I really thought I would be feeling better by now - and some days are better than others - but it almost feels like I'm getting worse emotionally. So that's a bit shitty. But overall things are going fairly well. Lovely thread :-) I'm enjoying reading through everyone's responses. These #askhubski threads really do get a lot more discussion than most other tags it seems.
Askhubski assumes personhood. I can see the hubbies like supasmasha basking in the warmth of Australia and you out there in Minnesota, a couple of degrees north of Toronto in latitude getting ready for snow. Even though you are down about the gf leaving, it sounds like some lights are coming on for you and you are grateful for the things you have.These #askhubski threads really do get a lot more discussion than most other tags it seems.
Sometimes they do. It comes back to the quotation from fuffle that started the thread.Interactions that assume personhood
Not only does it assume personhood, the community feels quite open and friendly. If it were a person, Hubski feels like the non-judgemental friend who is willing to help whenever you want, or just to talk to when bored. In contrast, Reddit seems like a friend in the schoolyard who tries hanging out with the cool kids, with whom you can be slightly open, but are subconsciously seeking approval from them. If I had a problem, I'd much sooner go to Hubski.
If it were a person, Hubski feels like the non-judgemental friend who is willing to help whenever you want, or just to talk to when bored.
There you have it, another slogan/metaphor for hubski to add to the other Hubski slogans. I think the team would be interested in your comment. I wonder if it was along the lines of what the founders were imagining. Do you like the schoolyard metaphor mk thenewgreen b_b?
In contrast, Reddit seems like a friend in the schoolyard who tries hanging out with the cool kids, with whom you can be slightly open, but are subconsciously seeking approval from them.
who might occasionally bully you. Of course, we have our occasional bullies too, but we ignore them.
I like it. I've used the school cafeteria lunch room metaphor before. You remember there was the "jock" table, the "nerds" the "goths" the "preps" etc. Hubski is the lunch table that all of them sit at and don't much care about which table they were previously sitting at, just so long as they're interesting. I don't know.. I guess I had a pretty segregated cafeteria as a kid :-) but I always liked to visit many different tables. Hubski lets me do this.
We have bullies? I've never seen a bully on Hubski. Do they get banned, or are they just that rare?