Do you think it's due to the community or hubskis setup?
I know there has been a similar question formated negatively. But personally just two days in, I want to read all the comments and if I answer, I am now taking more time and using the save draft feature. Also if I had a better connection I'd love to include sources.
Still not familiar with used tags on here, could you tell me how you'd label this?
I'm a lot less polar on here than Reddit. On Reddit, it seems like if you liked or disliked something, you had to be 100% for or against it in a lot of cases. You had to make sure you had a watertight argument, where nobody could refute anything that you said. This is fine for an actual argument, but not that great for a website. Here, I'm not really trying to argue, I'm trying to discuss. I can beat around in the middle without reaching either extreme in a topic. Everything on here is more of a casual conversation, while on Reddit, there were a lot of people looking for that "Gotcha!" moment. They would look for the tiniest fallacy or misinformation and try to beat you down with it. It's not that they were really assholes or anything, it's just that everyone against your opinion was seen as hostile. If you got something wrong, you got mocked or condescended upon. Here, people might point it out, but it's no less violent than normal discourse.
It's not necessarily about argumentation-- On Reddit, if I saw something I liked, I'd simply upvote it, and let the system take care of the rest. On Hubski, I find myself having read a really well-done comment, and my hand on mouse reflexively starts moving to upvote the comment... and then I realize there is no upvote. And in that crushing maw of indecision and existential angst, an unused portion of my brain slowly struggles to wake up, and it appears my only recourse is to participate in a meaningful conversation, practice good communication skills, offer quality content, try to tell good stories. Shudder to think.
Huh, I consider clicking the circle to add a dot to be a form of upvote. I'll often click the circle on a comment if I like it but I don't feel I have anything to add but anonymous support. What's nice is there is no way to downvote here. On Reddit, I always worried that I'd be downvoted to oblivion, so that stopped me from posting a lot of comments I thought might go against the grain. Here, the worst thing that can happen is no one replies and no one clicks the circle, which might be a little demotivating, but isn't going to cause me any anxiety. I'm happy to get dots and happy to get replies, and if I get neither, I move on and make another comment somewhere else.
Not really a change, but I have been able to say and contribute to a discussion more openly. I think it's mostly due to the removed negative connotation of speaking freely and hivemind mentality. I'm not sure what you're asking since I haven't posted before. Would this help?
It's nice not to be arguing at all. On reddit an offhand comment requires an elaborate defense against a barrage of orange-red slings and arrows. Here it is far more civil, and I think more conducive to exchange of ideas.
I don't think I was ever too polar on reddit, until I started using Hubski, and then I decided I could burn bridges and was basically a dick for a day or two on reddit, and now I don't post there really. I can't compare it to real life arguments, because it's summer, so I'm avoiding my bitchy friends. But on here, my general approach has changed some. I think I'm more likely to just reply to the top post as opposed to individual comments because I feel that I can explain my opinions and they will be fairly heard a d weighted without having to direct someone's attention to them. Of course, I haven't really gotten into it here, because I think it's a lot less of a combative atmosphere. On reddit I once got into a ten, fifteen comment argument with a guy over whether you should land front wheel first or simultaneously when mountain biking. Which is utterly ridiculous.
I'm a lot less polar on here than Reddit. On Reddit, it seems like if you liked or disliked something, you had to be 100% for or against it in a lot of cases. You had to make sure you had a watertight argument, where nobody could refute anything that you said. This is fine for an actual argument, but not that great for a website. Here, I'm not really trying to argue, I'm trying to discuss. I can beat around in the middle without reaching either extreme in a topic. Everything on here is more of a casual conversation, while on Reddit, there were a lot of people looking for that "Gotcha!" moment. They would look for the tiniest fallacy or misinformation and try to beat you down with it. It's not that they were really assholes or anything, it's just that everyone against your opinion was seen as hostile. If you got something wrong, you got mocked or condescended upon. Here, people might point it out, but it's no less violent than normal discourse.
I think its self-indulgent and a bit much for people here to say that. There are some really great discussions on reddit, for example. But there are a couple of things that work well with this system in my opinion. 1. The focus on users and the small size makes me care more about what I write, because I feel I'm building relationships somewhat. And 2. The lack of "downvotes" (and probably also the smaller size of the site) makes me care less if people don't like what I'm writing (i.e. it's less risky for my self-esteem), or feel that it's not worth posting my thoughts.