I came over from Reddit a long time ago, still have an account that I use mainly for the sports and regional subreddits though. Just something I want to point out: It's great that there's a lot of new people are coming over here and growing the community. I don't think the point of Hubski is to become huge and the next result of an exodus from one site to another. Doesn't easily facilitate the kind discussion and culture that permeates this place if you have thousands of new people signing up everyday, you know? This comment by white sums it up best. That said, hope you all enjoy it here and get to know some of us.
I think the issue is that two aren't mutually exclusive. It's possible to grow and maintain what has been established here, however, that is best done organically and not by push-button issues that happen on Reddit or any other site for that matter. New users come and go all the time, and the community has been growing progressively larger. I don't see it being taken in stride because that would defeat the entire point of this place. It's not meant to be a place where people are posting low-effort content (most of the time) and not really interacting with one another. It's really more of a melding of personalities, interests, and personal connections which is why I like that bar analogy so much. That's what could be lost and that's why I don't think it would be taken in stride if there was a continued, significant explosion in the user base. But I'm not on the dev team so this is all just my opinion.What if that happens though? Do you think Hubski would take it in stride or does this community really want to see this place be very niche?
I think that makes sense. Personally, coming from reddit to here, it's like standing in the center of Manhattan, to walking into a really local, familiar, coffee shop–Or I guess a bar, I'm just not really into bars haha I don't think Hubski will see a mass migration or anything like that, I'm just happy what happened over at reddit ultimately because without that, I wouldn't have found Hubski! You people are so kind that it already feels like I've been here a while, I'm going to make myself comfortable and contribute what I can. Thanks for answering my questions :)