I never get upset about the reposts, I will either ignore them (not in an official way) or I will provide a link to the person who posted it to the original post. I definitely notice them when they happen. It's not a regular occurrence though. I know that mk ignores #askhubski and I think that if it got to the point of being too repetitious I might follow suit. I find myself sharing less and less of them. Some of them provide some cool discussions while others are bit too navel-gazy for me. Ideally, people would use the personal tags for their askhubski posts because I would follow your askhubski posts and I would ignore others. That would be ideal.
You know, I was considering unfollowing #askhubski and then insomniasexx went and posted this doozy. However, I still like it's becoming a very banal thing. Part of the problem with reposts is that everyone wants to be heard. Sure, you can link to a submission that has already been made...but a lot of people would rather just go ahead and keep posting content just so that they can be heard. Why bother contributing to something where the last comment was made 4 days ago when everybody can see what you have to say about instead. Maybe I'm just being cynical though.
1. I figured I'd try to add something positive to the tag than gripe about it. 1b. I use the word "gripe" with a lot hesitation. I actually quite like this conversation being had here. It has a healthy debate and various points of view and kleinbl00. All of which I love. But I think it's more productive to do than to talk. Lead by example. 2. I really hope we start to see more and more people commenting on old things and reviving threads. I think this is a holdover from reddit where a comment on an old thread have a 1% chance of being read. On forums, old threads always move to the top and I like that. Hopefully Hubskiers can start realizing that this feature is more like a forum and less like reddit. I always try to read and reply when I see a comment crop up on an old thread. I have also be actively clicking on comment threads I have already read over the course of the day to see and interact with the conversation as it develops. I'm no where near perfect but I'm working on it.
And as for me, I'd unfollowed #askhubski yesterday, having just started following it two days before. nowaypablo's odd little things were kind of inspiring. BUT then I gave up because, well, it was just so much bullshit. Except it's all just so much bullshit. The tip about forum v reddit is a good one. Hadn't thought of it like that. "bump" works here.
I tried my best a half year ago to ridicule askhubski out of existence, but I failed miserably and everyone answered the question like I was serious. Gave up after that.
BAHAHA! How did I miss that? That is glorious (and a little sad)
I think the problem with that is that you tied it back to music...which has a lot of passionate followers here on Hubski. I was this close to realizing what you were doing at the time, based off that comment.
I'm overly dense at times and constantly missing things like what you pulled. It's unfortunate really and I do catch some flak from it in real life.
I got it immediately and answered swiftly with some McCartney. I pictured you as the How Do You Sleep at Night John Lennon. It was a very well played jab, I still tip my hat. I was thinking of that post when we played tennis.
I think this bullshit you're referring to is kind of what bugs me that I try to explain in the rant i just tagged you in. if you have the energy, go find the good shit.
I'm with TNG largely here. I'm a pretty well seasoned veteran of the internet and the occasional repost doesn't bother me. As mentioned above too, most of those posts are simply 'How about that weather eh?' in nature, which isn't harmful in my opinion. Linking to the original post I think provides a continuity that you'd be hard pressed to find elsewhere, and it provides a non-threatening, non-offensive reminder that maybe your topic has been discussed here before.
Hey ecib, _refugee_ and Ben: Don't knock the weather question. I asked the weather question recently here and got 144 responses and almost none of them about the weather. (Eddie and Ben - I know you're not knocking the question). But I want to add something here: There have also been several posts regarding being PRESENT, experiencing your life in the NOW -- Unlike Australia, it's damn cold here right now so we burrow, nest, and hibernate (hubskinate?) indoors a little more.
I can't help but wonder, with all the emphasis on immediate existence, if the population of Hubski, by some weird coincidence is just a little bit Buddhist. The idea of being in the NOW is a very Buddhist concept, and it's actually taught as the first step towards proper meditation.
AlderaanDuran meditates from what I understand. I wonder who else.
But why ask a question that's not going to get relevant answers? I mean, if none of them were about the weather, then why ask about the weather in the first place? Why not ask about something else? If the question elicits off-topic answers it doesn't matter what the question really was. And besides, the title of your post - that thing that makes people click into the discussion - wasn't about the weather, it was a general "tell me something" sort of thing. The weather was more of a suggestion that was then disregarded.
I'm all about meeting people via weather. I like to think I'm a little more adept at casual conversation and ice-breaking than having to resort to it, but I fully endorse it. Come to think of it, it would be fun to try the inverse. For a period of time, in social settings, initiate all new connections strictly via conversations about the weather...