Your feed contains posts made by people that you follow and the posts that they share with you. Your posts also appear in your feed.



How do I share a post?

To share a post, click on the hubwheel next the post. The hubwheel turns blue-green when you share it.



How do I up-vote a comment?

To up-vote a comment, click on the hubwheel next to the comment. The hubwheel turns blue-green when you up-vote it.



How do I follow someone?

To follow someone, click on their name. In the menu, click the 'follow' link. To unfollow someone do the same, but click on the 'unfollow' link.



How many people should I follow?

That is up to you. However, we suggest that you start following a few people at first, and then begin to follow more people as you become more familiar with Hubski. Following about 20-30 people seems to give the best experience.



What are external posts?

To help discover new content, you can choose to have some posts from outside your feed mixed into it. These external posts are pale blue.



What are email alerts?

Hubski can send you email alerts when someone replies to your posts or comments, or when you get a new follower. In your profile, you can choose which email alerts that you would like to receive, if any.

IMPORTANT: if you lose your password, we cannot give you a new one unless you add your email to your profile!



What does the 'save' link do?

The save link bookmarks a post but doesn't share it. This is useful when you want to save a post to read later, or to make a personal list of posts that you like. You can find the posts you saved in your profile.



What does the 'tabs' link do?

If you are using a good browser, the tabs link will open the url of the post, and the comments to that post in two new browser tabs. We think Hubski looks best on Google's Chrome browser, or Mozilla's Firefox browser. Apple's Safari browser seems pretty good too.



What does the 'ignore' link do?

The ignore link lets you keep a specific user or tag out of your feed. You can see the users and tags that you ignore in your control panel, and can choose to un-ignore them there.



How do I add a tag to a post?

Simply write your tag in the tag submission field. Use only alpha-numeric characters and no spaces. You don't need to include the '#', it will be added for you. Special characters are not supported in tags. Tagging is an art form. Feel free to be creative!



How do I follow a tag?

In addition to following people, you can follow tags. To follow a tag, click on the tag. On the upper left, click the 'follow' link. To unfollow a tag, do the same, but click on the 'unfollow' link. Posts with tags that you follow will appear in your feed.



How do shout-out to someone?

If you put a user's name between two @'s (example: I just talked to @oscar@ about this...) in a post or comment, they will be notified that you mentioned them.



What are badges?

As you use Hubski, you will eventually earn badges that you can award to your favorite posts or comments. If you see the '+!' symbol, you can badge that post or comment. In your profile, you can see if you have badges to give, or if you have been given any badges by other users. Check out badges that have been earned here.



Why are some user names different colors?

The people that you follow are blue. People that follow you are green. When you follow each other, your names are blue-green. The tags you follow are also blue.



What is that hubwheel up by my name?

That hubwheel tracks your influence on Hubski. The more your posts and comments are appreciated, and the more followers you have, the more complete the hubwheel becomes.



Why is the center of my hubwheel orange?

That is because someone replied to your comment or post, or sent you mail. Click on your hubwheel to check your notifications.



How do I post an image?

Simply paste the image link in the url submission field. Hubski will recognize the image and embed it. Gifs will not embed, however. Please use an image host for images. We suggest using imgur.com.



How do I post a video?

Paste the video link in the url submission field. Currently Hubski will embed youtube.com and vimeo.com videos.