I just recently found Hubski, and I really see the potential for some insightful discussion on books. Judging by the tags, it seems that books are one of the most discussed things on here, so hell, why don't I head up a book club?
I'm actually hesitant to call it a book club, because that almost suggests that we all have to pick a book we never read before and all read it at the same time. How about instead, we all vote on a book, and both those new to it and old can discuss.
Mainly I started this thread for discussion about interest could work and the communities opinion on the best way we could go About this.
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Read through the #hubskibookclub tag. And as general advice, lurk a while (day or two) before you post. We're a small community, we all know each other, one or two new users is a surprisingly significant change to the atmosphere. (But totally welcome.) Anyway, I think it'd be awesome if someone wants to spearhead a new iteration of the book club. It collapsed under its own weight last time because we tried to read 2666. We also had a scifi discussion group for a while.
Hahah yup, I probably got a bit ahead of myself, but I'll give it a few days to let everything sink in here. I'd definitely be willing to try to kinda revive it again. Perhaps something shorter/more accessible but still worthy of discussion to start things off!
Welcome to Hubski, Myles!
Have you checked out the primer? It's quite helpful. I don't read very often and I don't have anything to say on the book side of this apart from that I think it's a good idea, I came to welcome you to Hubski. :) Also, I noticed you posted this 3 times to different tags. This means 3 items added to global and to anyone following you on their feed. I'm certain nobody was bothered but in the future just one post should do, If I'm correct you can post something to 2 tags at once by using the community tag field when posting, and once you've earned your first token you can add a community tag to other posts by clicking the '+#' button to the right of the tag next to the title(You might be able to do this to your own posts before you get a token, I'm not sure). There is a list of tags ordered by the amount following them (by default) here
Ahhh ok, I realized when I had posted that I was doing something wrong with posting, but I wasn't sure how to post to two tags at once. By the time I figured it out it was too late. Thanks for the Welcome! Seems like this place has some awesome potential for some intelligent discussion.
You're welcome for the welcome. :)
Seems like this place has some awesome potential for some intelligent discussion.
It certainly does! And not just the potential, too
Hey, welcome to Hubski! As for the bookclub, as others have mentioned we have had them in the past to varying degrees of success. It takes a good amount of effort to keep people involved and therefore, before committing to something like that, I would just kick the tires of Hubski for a while, learn how to use the site and get to know some of us. You may have more success in getting people involved that way. If you have any questions regarding Hubski, feel free to PM me anytime. Enjoy the site and again, welcome!
I just signed up, and I think I would like this. But I am a little hesitant to say that hubski is the best forum for it. I haven't looked, but I imagine that there are message boards made specifically for it. But hey, I've only been on this website for 5 minutes. I might be totally wrong.
If someone were to suggest to me that Hubski is the best place on the Internet to host a bookclub, I wouldn't think they were crazy, but I would have to guess that there may be better places for it. However, there may not be a better group of people online to discuss things like books with than the Hubski community. -We have a pretty kick-ass Crew here. Either way, welcome to Hubski! Glad you found us, if you have any questions let me know. I hope your first 5 minutes here were splendid.