This website has a serious problem with cliques and power-users. It's almost as bad as Reddit in that regard.
Does it? I don't entirely agree. Are there "big players" here? I guess, but only by the virtue that they post a lot, and share a lot, and comment a lot. It's not like I sit around with baited breath waiting for the next post by eightbitsamurai (indeed, I've never read Hubskina. Sorry dude, it's just not my bag), or lil, or TNG, or anyone else. When they do comment, sometimes I like what they have to say, or find it valuable, other times I'm completely disinterested. I see a lot of TNG on my feed. This is for a few reasons: 1.) He's one of the few people I follow. 2.) He posts to #tags I find interesting 3.) He posts A LOT. Occasionally I think it's his job, and the other job he has is just a front where he launders those sweet hubwheels into cold, hard, cash. I jest, of course, with the last one, but perhaps I shouldn't considering the topic at hand, and how it seems like everything gets painted as some sort of internet popularity contest. Most of the people who are "power users" here are people who interact with everyone, a lot of the time. If you did that, then you too, if you chose, could what passes for a "power user" on this website. You'll get double what you're paid now, and people will view your comments as gifts from an omnipotent being. Frankly, the first perk is more likely than the second. Allow me to make a reccomendation to you, my Lojbanic friend (I still wish I had any kind of hand with languages, it would be cool to have conversations in lojban, but alas I've got other focuses in my life). If you don't do it already, instead following people, follow #tags. You're exponentially more likely to find the content that you like, find less of the "clique" (which I've never seen to exist. perhaps i'm part of the "clique"? I've no idea), and find interactions with other people which you will find valuable. And that is the crux of the matter - Finding conversations with other people that you find valuable. I've had some great conversations with camarillobrillo, and BLOB_CASTLE, and nowaypablo (we're both classical musicians), and many others. Some people with bigger "names" than other people, but all fine people. If I want to know about motorcycles, I ask KB, if I want to know about how cities are built, I ask NewlyLostAgain. If I want to know about constructed languages, I would probably ask you. On the rare occasions you step up to the plate, your opinion is on the same playing field as anyone else to me. KB doesn't get a pass on facts any more than you do, nor does TNG or any other "power user".
Hey thenewgreen, you didn't get tagged so I wanted to make sure you saw this comment. Because I liked it.3.) He posts A LOT. Occasionally I think it's his job, and the other job he has is just a front where he launders those sweet hubwheels into cold, hard, cash.
Thanks for the shout out. I appreciated the comment. I'm pretty well over this thread. I had no idea how many followers I had prior to this post, nor do I care. Power users? Powering what? What fucking power do any of us have? I have the power to share my opinion on a website I helped build. Most all of you in this post could claim the same IMO. Is that power? I don't see it that way. I'm not in to internet points, I don't "game," -I interact. I love people. Like a LOT. I'm very much the same person on and off of Hubski. This is just how I roll :) I like cspoons point that we are all held to the same account here. I agree. Edit: I just read nowaypablo's comment in this thread. Right on man. I agree 100%
We gotta have a hubski meetup. Just gotta. I love learning about people. My style at bars alternates between talking for hours and listening to other people talk for hours, both of which I enjoy equally. One of these years...I love people. Like a LOT. I'm very much the same person on and off of Hubski. This is just how I roll :)
The Arctic Monkeys are from Sheffield! When I saw them live, my friend found their tour bus round back and we camped out like the groupies we were, for like 3 hours. There was a group of guys there from Sheffield who had followed AM to NYC on their tour. The brits were intimidatingly handsome and swiftly stole the attention of the girls I was with. I now imagine Sheffield as a little town of Russell Brands writing alternative rock music. Just so you know that's how I picture you now. sidenote: We left before the band came out :(
How does this new image of me compare to your old one? I no longer have the long hair.
humanodon It's gotten to a point here that "power users" is just some sort of Orwellian Doublespeak for "Kleinbl00". So when people say they have a problem with "power users", they really only mean one person, and when they say "Problem", they mean "he hurt my feelings" or "he made his facts not equal to my assertions!" I've never done any serious dancing with KB, but I've never had to because 1.) I like being wrong almost as much as I like being corrected 2.) I value the facts, and how i feel about the situation is secondary 3.) If you read something in a KB comment that differs from what you know, and you look it up, you can usually find a citation for it. If you can't, he'd frankly give it to you. Most of the time what he says is well researched and thought out, so after reading more into the topic, if I didn't agree before, I at the very least see where he's coming from. If you post something, then someone comes and says " You're dumb", then you can get mad all you want. If someone says "You're dumb and here's why" then you need to take a hard look and make sure you're on solid footing. People don't want to take the time to do that, so they get upset and butthurt about the whole thing instead of learning. Idunno about you, but I'm here to learn.
Actually, I don't really contribute much these days,
Yeah, I noticed that. I like to think that it's because you have a lot of kick ass stuff happening in your life right now. Am I right?
Does it?
Yes, it does.
Are there "big players" here?
Yes. And there are tools in place for them to dominate the conversation.
Most of the people who are "power users" here are people who interact with everyone, a lot of the time. If you did that, then you too, if you chose, could what passes for a "power user" on this website.
Don't condescend to me. Every attempt at posting here has been met with a block, a mute, or the use whatever new feature allows board censorship.
If you don't do it already, instead following people, follow #tags.
I follow enough tags on Twitter and Tumblr. This place is little more than a miniature Reddit and in that regard, it fails to bring content I can't find there.
Dude, I'm not being condescending. I'm disagreeing, but not condescending. Condescending would involve significantly more baby noises and cat pictures. ... I don't really understand this. You click a button to follow a person, you click a button to follow a tag. It's physically no different of an action, and vastly improves the user experience ( in my opinion, of course, ymmv). I'm looking through your comment, and your posting history, and I can't see anything where you've been censored, or even anything that looks like an argument. Indeed, you posted one of my favourite posts of all time "How to Make Love to a Trans Person". Unless you've deleted those comments which have been inflammatory to others? Why do you feel censored?I follow enough tags on Twitter and Tumblr.
Every attempt at posting here has been met with a block, a mute, or the use whatever new feature allows board censorship.
That's because I've been muted or hushed so that I can't comment on the posts that interest me.I'm looking through your comment, and your posting history, and I can't see anything where you've been censored, or even anything that looks like an argument.
There is no need for apology, because Hubskina should be nobody's bag, unless that bag happens to be for the garbage. This is the first time I've been on a website where people think I'm a power-user. That's almost offensive because it implies that I don't have better shit to do (no offense, ya'll). Rescuetime tells me I average on about 1 hr 20 min a week on Hubski. It's not like I sit down, swipe my card, and clock in for "Hubski time". I don't even comment all that often. I hit about 10 comments a day at my most active. I share maybe one thing a day, and the only OC I post is a meta-narrative-fanfiction about people I've never met in real life. About once every two weeks. Who watches the watchme-I mean, power-users.
I like it. You can define every website and app on a scale of productiveness, from 'very distracting' to neutral to 'very productive'. It's accurate. I have the premium version and it gives me lots of sexy graphs and whatnot. Really it's most worth it when you have the premium version. The free version is good too, though.
I think the word you're looking for is friends. Hubski has a lot of friends. Cause it's a friendly place. Reddit's power-users have infamy and power. We have history and humor. Nobody is trying to take control of anything here.
With a quick glance at your profile, you've got some interesting shares, and some chill music posted. You seem like a cool person. But I've never seen you, ever, on this website. I would totally include you if I'd ever met you before. We're all chillin' at this bar dude. If you walk in all alone and sit in the corner, I might not notice you to ditch my group and go see if you're a cool person or not. You gotta come up and drink with us, not blame us for spending time with each other and not you. It's middle school, it's high school, it's college, it's the office, it's the party, it's Hubski, it's life. Nothing new here, except the fact that you can literally find a common interest with someone at this table, no matter what. It couldn't be easier. Start your own conversation, and speak up.
I've tried starting a narrative project that seemed to interest only me; it was my failed #45thworldproblems.
I have maybe 12 tags I've only posted once to that were ignored. 8bit has like 25 chapters of a story he's worked on for nearly half a year, and maybe 5 people read it religiously. Try again, with respect, just quit being a baby :D
I dunno, you started off very cryptically. This is the most conversation I've seen out of you. #45thworldproblems was interesting, but after repeated attempts to engage (from my recollection anyway) and getting little interaction, it's pretty obvious why interest ebbed. This site is all about interaction. If you don't play, no one will play back.
That project annoyed the shit out of me and I found it pretentious as all hell. I mean, maybe you find my poetry jazz pretentious as all hell so we're even, but if you wanna know why people were turned off, maybe I wasn't the only one who felt that way. Maybe the problem is that you were driving for recognition in the first place. In addition, as I recall, at least one of your posts blew up and was badged, and people began to explore other posts under your tag as a result. In general I noticed your posts ticking up my feed for some time. I'll admit their popularity seemed relatively short-lived but you could have also worked to prevent or mitigate that, I guess. Personally, I thought you were posting too prolifically, too enigmatically, and too ostentatiously, but don't take my advice on it - for some reason, even though about two people read my blog unless it's a really, really good post, that doesn't stop me from putting it up there anyway. You should post things because you want to share them (or, for AskHubski, get feedback/opinion/whatever). You shouldn't post for attention.