So your example is a post of MK's requesting photos, right? And if you click through you realize the context is he wants photos of an upcoming hubski meetup (which has now happened) I think that maybe photos are a really fun part of Hubski meet-ups but also an element highly likely to fall by the wayside until requested/attendees are reminded that other hubski members might appreciate them. idk did you check out the meet up thread doesn't look like you shared it, so maybe it's not something that's important enugh to you to upspoke anyway, 3 out of the 5 people who upspoked mk's "pics or it didn't happen" comment ... were at that meet up. that mk's requesting photo 'evidence' of. and the other 2 are close friends with people who went. Your example of bad upspoking is that 5 people agreed with MK requesting photos of a meet-up. without any consideration of who those people were and why they might think that comment's a cool af hubski post to read Like, idk, what verbiage am i missing here to complete the circle you don't think it's important because it didn't touch your life but for at least 5 people on hubski it literally actually did. our physical real af actual tangible lives not our fake ass virtual ones you can see here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ how do you feel about your example at this point??? i'm sorry that comment wasn't interesting enough for you to read as a stranger scrolling through a list of "5 or more upspoked comments" on the internet whom i've never met ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and now i'll stop here.
Ah. Gotcha. I see where we got cross-wise. As a database developer, I was thinking about the upspoking as a way to bring content to light to people who might not otherwise see it. You know, helping good content show up in chatter, etc., because it has been deemed of general interest to a wider audience. I was thinking of upspoking as an invitation to the larger audience to participate/read content that they might not otherwise see. I get your angle on it too, but I think your use of the hubwheel is more of the Reddit/Facebook Upvote/Like use... you are giving an "atta-boy" to the poster for their participation in a specific thread. From my perspective, I look at each post and comment as an empirical thing in and of itself. And then I think, "Is this interesting to a larger audience? Do more people need to see this?" If my answer is Yes, then I click the hubwheel. On the other hand, if - like you promote - the intent is to thank/recognize a good comment/post, I'll instead make a comment to that effect. That feeds the need to recognize someone for their participation, without peeing in the larger pool of data, and potentially burying "good/interesting" content from being seen by others. Thanks for digging into this with me. It just helps reinforce my initial thoughts, and makes my post even more relevant. anyway, 3 out of the 5 people who upspoked mk's "pics or it didn't happen" comment ... were at that meet up. that mk's requesting photo 'evidence' of. and the other 2 are close friends with people who went.