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thenewgreen  ·  3854 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: On Jumping to Conclusions  ·  

    A lot of you are very nice people, and I do try not to be an asshole, and I've mostly enjoyed my time on Hubski so far, but you're all still just marginally less faceless than Reddit to me still because of the interface we use, and the moment I get assholed at I don't much care about being an asshole back.
The interface is indeed faceless but the people are largely faceless to you because you are new to the site. Most people take the time to lurk a bit or if they jump in to the waters. When "jumping," they do so with the same thoughtfulness they would use when entering a party or group of people IRL that have been meeting for years. You don't just jump in and cry "sexism" in an unrelated thread, you don't point out minute flaws in a poetry conversation etc. Bear in mind that most of us have a history of conversations we've had with one another. We have a growing community tied together in a tapestry of discussions about many different topics. I welcome you to join in that discussion but please recognize that this is not like other aggregators you've been on. Take your time to learn the lay of the land and engage accordingly.... or don't. Your call, but I can guarantee a better experience for you if you consider Hubski a large social setting that you are walking in to for the first time.