There are a few prominent and most seen topics on Hubski: #thehumancondition, human rights and equality (racism in particular), politics and Reddit (for some odd reason). Those are fine, but why aren't people discussing more games, pornography or personal issues and how to deal with those? It's not to say I support those or that they're supposed to be here, but I don't see them much.
What are your topics you'd like to see discussed?
Maybe #vintageaudio. It's a bit of a niche in any discussion, but I enjoy seeing pictures and sharing stories of what other people have collected. Unless they make me feel old by asking "made in 1994, that's vintage, right?" Here's part of mine, a McIntosh MC30 from the early 1960s. 
My guess is that kleinbl00 and ghostoffuffle could help contribute to this tag. I don't have any vintage gear, myself. Though, my acoustic guitar would likely be considered vintage at this point. It's a 1978 Gibson J50. I love it. But no audio/recording gear to speak of. Kleinbl00 would call my MBOX vintage, I'm sure.
I would call your mBox old. There's an implication in "vintage" that it has merit. I don't think I have anything that would qualify as "vintage" as I pretty mercilessly update. I finally let go of my H3000D/SE, which people on eBay describe as "vintage", once Eventide's H3000 Factory had enough of the algorithms to make it too much of a hassle to go through the hardware. I still miss some of the algorithms, which they keep telling me we'll be beta-testing soon. The oldest pieces of gear I have don't make sound, and are owned because they dust the shit out of anything modern for anywhere near the price. I have a Roland A-80, the biggest, scariest, nastiest, heaviest weighted 88-key controller ever made, which has polyphonic aftertouch (and which I've modded so that you don't have to break a finger to make it work). That, combined with the Arturia CS-80V, is a treat and a half. And I have a DK MSD600M, but that's only because a 600Mplusplus (one of these days we must fix the markup) is about a $6k meter while my MSD600M was $350 on eBay. Yes, I'm still proud of that score.
...wow. What a beauty. It works on the lamp technology, even! That's amazing! Do you have any more photographs? I might suggest using #vintage or #retro (whichever is appropriate, if any) to start with. I'd love to see such things alive and kicking.
If you'll pardon the mess, here's a picture from a few years ago from further back. My speakers and turntable are modern, but the amplifiers are a pair of MC30s, and in the middle is a McIntosh MX110 from the mid 1960s. The MX110 is a tuner/stereo preamp. In the world of vintage McIntosh tube gear, the MX110 is a steal. It's a fun hobby. It isn't the most practical at times, but that's what makes it a hobby. I have a few other pieces lying around, but the McIntosh stuff is my favorite.
Very nice. Is that a Rega Planar 2? I used to have one of those and absolutely loved it. Put a Grado cartridge on it and ran those through a Mission Cyrus amp on the way to PSB 500 speakers.
It's a Music Hall MMF-5. The cartridge is a Goldring something. For the money, I've been really happy with it. My speakers are Paradigm Monitor 7s. It all suits me fine and is very decent. My speakers are probably the weak point, but for now I'm happy with everything. I probably need to buy a house before buying new speakers.
I hear you. When I moved into a condo I had to store those PSBs. At something like 50 lbs each they needed a lot of room and air to push around. That looks just like the Rega except I now notice it has a double plinth and so is probably much heavier. I always bolted mine to a solid wall.
Fitness. I'm loving your recent posts, and I think you can tell I'm more than a little excited to share my experiences. Reddit had such an active fitness community—I especially liked the bodyweightfitness sub—and I've really missed those interactions. Fitness shouldn't be a solitary journey, and online communities have a lot to add to it. I think that some of the more scientific articles from /r/AdvancedFitness would fit in well here.
That's something I'd support. If you're getting from a neutral or even negative physical condition to something more desirable, be it running or bodybuilding, there has to be a support network, and Hubski is better suited for such than any other community out there. Here, people care about each other - and it is this care that they might turn into a positive momentum for one person or another. It's not to say that people have to cheer those doing their exercise, but it will never hurt.
Puzzles! I love all kinds, and I want to get better at more of them. Crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, riddles and word puzzles, puzzle games like sudoku and blendoku, as well as notpr0n. I'd like to do notpr0n with someone, because I'm not clever enough to figure it out but spoilers on the internet give too much away.
notpr0n is a 140-level puzzle game that seems like a point-and-click but isn't. It involves everything from reading source code to manipulating audio and images in order to find clues. It feels like a scavenger hunt. Here's the first level! http://notpron.org/notpron/
The game all looks about the same - black background, strange-ish image in the center. The point is to try to get to the next level, but there isn't much visual difference between the levels, just how to get to the next one is what changes. It's simple, but the clues are hard to figure out.
The fact that there is only one post ever in #gaymanonmanbuttsex continues to be a black mark on my soul. Meriadoc All kidding aside, I feel like the international affairs department of this side runs a little thin. I see some War Nerd stuff occasionally but other than that not much. I also really like slice of life stuff but we do a pretty good job of keeping a steady flow on that.
yas do it. international relations is what, for lack of a better term, makes the world go 'round. with it comes theories of war, peace, development... I still get as excited about IR now as I did in high school when I realized "this is a field of study?? people do this as a JOB???"
I always found international relations to be an interesting field, especially in the age of such widespread globalization. A lot of people (even I at first) looked at it through a very basic lens. The intricacies of state relationships is growing more intertwined and complex as time moves forward.
In my experience IR (as taught in universities) it quite outdated. It is still quite focused on state-state relationships, when the world has moved beyond these. The real struggles are happening between states and non-state actors across many unconventional battlefields.
Really? I took quite a few international related course and they could not stop focusing on the interaction between states and non-state actors. In their defense the curriculum gave broad subjects, and material which allowed the classes to take the discussion in a lot of directions.
Is that really the fault of the classroom then? I mean all those theoretical frameworks were developed during a time when state-state relationships were dominant. I think it's the duty of the present day field to determine whether those frameworks still take the same stage as they did in the years past, and if they can possibly translate to our current international environment. Is it possible we may need new theoretical frameworks for this century?
I definitely think that we need new theoretical frameworks for this century. We also may need to pay greater attention to less prominent theories like Critical Theory. The fault lies equally among the thought leaders of IR, as well as the university professors teaching a new generation of IR students. Realist authors like Mearshimer and Waltz are easy to teach, but they should be presented as historical artifacts. Just like Fukuyama's The End of History is.
I went to school in DC so they're starting to push the boundaries on that. It's still not fully understood though so it's easier to teach state-to-state and then say "this is less relevant post Cold War"
...mother -- of -- god... I've been doing some work with #russiabynatives recently. It seems like people are interested in what Russia is and are willing to look past the pathetically-stupid stereotypes. A post on the perceived anti-US waves in Russia happened to discuss Crimea, the war in Ukraine, Russian car culture and drinking. Feel free to send requests for topics or ask questions. #gaymanonmanbuttsex
I feel like the international affairs department of this side runs a little thin.
The actual article associated with the tag is actually really great I've seen that! I think it's awesome. I am/always have a lot of Ex-Zionist-Progressive-American-Reform-Jew feelings about Israel and this has been kicked into high gear recently because I finally have time to take my Birthright trip and I fucking know it's going to be capital P Political AF.
That would make for some interesting trip reports. I had a bunch of Jewish friends in high school, of various political stripes, who I know were going to do Birthright after graduation. But as with everyone else from high school we lost contact pretty much immediately, so I heard very little about it.
Yeah I went on a high school trip for a semester. It was very much Birthright on steroids. The novel I wrote for TFG went into detail about the messages they gave us and my conflicting feelings on them. It's a lot. I'm trying to coordinate with a friend who went on the same trip a year later to do Birthright with me but I don't know where he falls politically Israel as of late so I'm a little nervous
Oh the wiki-edits is the article tagged #gaymanonmanbuttsex and talking about Israel is my roundabout way of relating to your #russiabynatives tag I meant that Birthright is a super political trip with one goal and one goal only: get young Jewish adults excited about all the good things about Israel and convince them to donate their time and/or money to supporting it without taking a nuanced look at its issues.
FUCK I LITERALLY WROTE UP 1500 CHARACTERS WORTH OF STUFF AND I GOT A DEAD LINK RESPONSE. FUCK. FUCKKKKKK.
Let's talk #machinelearning please. Hell, and #statistics, #math, #linearalgebra ...
As a new user I don't think I have a strong enough feel for what's underrepresented. Here's my initial impressions. 1) What's really compelling to me about this website is the variety of topics covered. There's a breadth and depth of things i don't normally find and wouldn't pursue on my own. If this site got bogged down too much in any one particular area, I might stop using it. Like a certain other news site that leans too heavily toward feel-good STEMy stuff. 2) I'm way more interested in on-the-ground things people are doing in their local communities than the circus that is the electoral cycle. I've already blocked #sillyseason. The political system has near nil credibility at this point. 3) Current events, but not in the typical play-by-play, news cycle way. The site seems somewhat oriented in that direction already, just not in a self-conscious kind of way. Maybe a tag is the way forward for this, say, #newsanalysis . 4) Stuff that is challenging, but not pretentious. Critical Theory is so compelling, but the jargon that so many of those authors and their readership use tends to be impenetrable.
What, Reddit? It's not Voldemort, my friend. Nothing bad happens when you call it by name. Do you feel like Hubski is, or starting to, or on its way to? Like what? Perhaps, it's your opportunity to make it happen. People turned out to be interested in Russia after I started #russiabynatives. What's Critical Theory? I've never heard of it.Like a certain other news site
If this site got bogged down too much in any one particular area, I might stop using it.
I'm way more interested in on-the-ground things people are doing in their local communities
Maybe a tag is the way forward for this, say, #newsanalysis.
Well, this is only my third day here, so I'm really not sure. I've noticed a lot of users with a background in Comp Sci, but I suppose that comes with the territory. But even then it's a barely noticable whn it comes to content. There's been a lot of push-back in recent years against local ordinances and homeowners' associations that forbid gardens or keeping chickens. There's efforts at community-based conflict resolution. Sometimes this is to deal with teenagers doing stupid teenager things, which has kept them from getting caught up in the prison system. The hollowing-out of the American economy has left its mark on many small towns, but some are bucking the trend and revitalizing. Writers like Foucault, Derrida, Adorno, Deleuze and Guattari. It's what's popular among a lot of folks in academia. I know there's some really insightful stuff there, but it's only coming out of the ivory tower at a slow trickle.Do you feel like Hubski is, or starting to, or on its way to?
Like what?
What's Critical Theory? I've never heard of it.
I haven't seen anybody on this site talk about video games at all. Not a single post or comment. I know that a lot of people on here play video games including me, but we just don't talk about it enough.
Personally? #cars and #martialarts are at the top of my list. I with a few exceptions here and there, it's not really anyone's thing on this website though, which is fine. I'll just post something from time to time when it catches my eye. Other than that, I like the variety on this site, but I think we could use some more light hearted submissions from time to time. The recent picture sharing threads have been fun though and I would love to see those become a semi regular thing.
I trained in boxing for almost a year, at the gym 3-4 hours a fay, 3-4 days a week. Unfortunately I am sidelined from physical activity for health reasons, so I'm no longer physically participating. I still love the sport immensely and I'm growing yo love MMA as well, so I try to watch fights whenever I can and I watch a lot of tutorial and breakdown videos on YouTube all the time. You can see a few of the better ones that have caught my eye if you check out the #martialarts tag. What about you? Do you practice anything?
For four years I did mainly krav maga. On the side, I did Brazilian jujitsu and general groundfighting. Occasionally I did kickboxing (the cardio punch-the-air kind). About six years ago, I stopped and became sedentary, but this year I'm back on the krav maga wagon and I'm planning to pick up muay thai after I move. Feels good!
No kidding, huh? I think we could have some great conversations, as both what you're into and what I'm into cover different aspects of martial arts and self defense. I actually have a real good knife video that I think you'll appreciate. I'll hunt it down and post it in the next few days. I'll be sure to shout you out when I do. I also have mad respect for Thai Boxers. You'll have to share how that goes for you.
It sounds to me like Hubski might be too serious a community for that. Not that we can't have some smiles sometimes, but going towards redditposting ("I'm an idiot/You're all idiots/We're all idiots/I like it/I don't like WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT BRING THE OLD STUFF BACK WAAAGH!!11")... seems inappropriate.
Ah! I see what you mean. Well, I did go for what Fallout 4 looks like to me (sorry, no link: tired of opening up the front page again and again; check my profile, it's up there) - this ought to fill a part of the quota. Videogames discussion might do it as well.
I'd like to see more people posting their original visual artforms. Kerbobotat has been posting some of theirs and it's pretty good.
Thanks tla! I've got a few more pieces I'll put up shortly, didn't want to spam the #art tag since it seems to be mostly art world news. Any suggestions of a good tag to use?
They aren't topics per se, but I'd love to see more forum games like Nomic and #45thworldproblems.
I kept thinking I didn't have anything to share. Then I remembered that I have a pretty massive pinterest account, about permaculture and design. I don't want to spam you guys, does anyone want to share and talk about pinterests?. I really hated it at first, because it tells marketers exactly what you want. Then the designer in me fell under it's spell.
I'd love to see individual genres of music become more popular. Right now #hiphophubski is probably the biggest tag for that but it's only had two posts in the last week.
That's one of the few things I really miss about Reddit. The DnB subreddit wasn't all that busy, but it was reasonably active. Here, #dnb is pretty dead.
I think there should be a #musicians tag that gets used. There's only one post in there, but I know we have a lot of musicians. One of the things that brings me back to reddit is the music maker-oriented subreddits where you can banter about gear or gigs or musical advice.
There is #hubskioriginalmusicclub too if that's more what you mean
I would like to see more of a community on the #drugs tag. By which I mean, users sharing stories, advice, etc. I don't use reddit much anymore, but the /r/drugs community is a good deal more supportive and active than on hubski. I think the community does quite a bit of good by preparing new users for a substance, explaining tactics to deal with possible negatives, and encouraging responsible use. Now, there is an argument to be made that this information is available elsewhere, which is true. I just enjoy the community on hubski more than other sites, and would like to have that community discuss the topic a bit more personally, instead of the tag being mostly related to articles about drugs.
This has come up before (but a long time ago). My memory of it at that time is that the community was divided. There were many users at the time whose real life identity was clearly linked to their Hubski name, which was cited as one reason not to be against it. I'm personally against it, though if the conversations happened, all I mean by that is I would not contribute or only minimally. I think Erowid is a good resource, but I guess some people would like their advice to be more personalized.