I've been on Hubski for some time now, but I'm not sure of the exact length. Now, I haven't been active all of that time, but I have checked my feed pretty regularly.
Initially, I followed the power-users because those are the first posts that a new user usually sees. This has worked out pretty well, but I've found that the amount of people I follow has stagnated. Right now I follow 11 people and 1 tag, mainly because I don't know how to find more users that share similar interests to me.
I am not a huge fan of following tags, since to me that is no different that subscribing to a subreddit, for instance. The way I see it, I am better off following someone who shares some of my interests but also has independent ones as well. If they are similar enough to share some interests, then maybe I would be interested in their 'independent' interests as well. Its a way of discovering new interests. Following a tag doesn't do that; I'm only getting posts that relate to one topic. While this can sometimes be good, it's not what I come to hubski for.
So I ask you hubski, how did you go about building up the list of people that you follow? How have you made your hubski experience optimal?
First, you can check how long you've been here by looking at your profile! I think interacting through comments with other users is a good way of gaining new people to follow. You can also click usernames of people and check out tags that they use to get a feel for what they're interested in, and if that's similar to your own interests. To add to that first point, having conversations with users is more valuable in determining what you think they're like, and if you'd get along interest ways, than probably anything else.440 days
Even if you don't follow the tags, you can explore the tags and see users who have posted using that tags, commented on that tag, etc. I'm not very picky in who I follow and simply tend to follow users as I start to see their names around more and more. If I start seeing things I'm not a fan of in my feed, I purge.
Really by interacting with people or reading the comments. Usually I see a post that I think is interesting, read it, and then talk about it with whoever. Or if not posting a comment, at least reading what other people have said about it. I follow people whose submissions I enjoy, but mainly whose comments I enjoy. I'll follow people even I disagree with them on things, so long as they are level-headed and present a good argument. I use the community, chatter, and tmi pages a lot too.So I ask you hubski, how did you go about building up the list of people that you follow? How have you made your hubski experience optimal?
I tend to follow people due more to the comments they make than the content they post. I also use "chatter" a ton, to find where people are having conversations. I also, will go to global and peruse posts with comments already and then join in a conversation if I feel I have something to add. Then, after having a good conversation with someone I will normally follow them. I'm pretty liberal with the amount of people I follow but it doesn't make for a bad feed. I follow a ton of people. When I think there are too many, I clean house.