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user-inactivated  ·  3531 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A brilliant Tinder hack made hundreds of bros unwittingly flirt with each other

puts on flagamuffin hat

"It's lost all meaning. The tag is the equivalent to 'don't like this picture I just got out of bed' Facebook posts, or reddit's 'test post please ignore' posts.

But you know, Hubski is supposed to be 'better than reddit.' shrugs.

takes off flagamuffin hat.

Recedes back into the darkness





mk  ·  3528 days ago  ·  link  ·  

While it's true that I would love for Hubski to be something different in a default sense, the best that I think that we can hope for is a noticeable improvement. You need a benevolent dictator to create a universal environment of a certain quality. But, that does not scale well.

Of course, our approach is to make everyone their own personal dictator. But then again, maybe the assumptions that underpin this approach are wrong? Are people by-and-large unable or unwilling to act as their own filters? Are they mostly place-seekers rather than place-builders?

Quatrarius  ·  3531 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Meta-smugness. I like it.