Who loves hopping hubs?

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   sleepylogposted 11 years ago

   Who loves hopping hubs?
   
   I just love hopping hubs and I  wonder how many others do it.

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   renegadetoryposted 11 years ago

   I do it when I have some extra time (which isn't too often).  Sometimes I get a whole string of really bad Hubs and I just don't care to do it anymore... and other times I get to read some really well done Hubs.

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      sleepylogposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      True. I can only do so many at a time before I get frustrated by some of the content that has actually been allowed.

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   JThomp42posted 11 years ago

   I wouldn't say that I love it. Although, I do find reading other peoples's work very interesting.

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      sleepylogposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      So do I. I have found some interesting hubs while hopping.

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   multiculturalsoulposted 11 years ago

   I wouldn't use a word like "enjoy." I suppose it's our duty, and like a good HP soldier, I soldier on and hop as far as I can until I get tired of shaking my head.
   
   I'm fairly new to HP, and when I first hopped, I thought (and I hope I'm not alone in thinking this): Um, is HP a glorified blog? Where are the articles? These are advertisements and personal thoughts and online diaries and diatribes and Bible lessons and photo essays without the actual essay and sales pitches for a specific business written by someone from that business and random lists and--oh, here's an actual article. Whoa. Look at how the writer worked in all the eBay offerings seamlessly into a 100-word "article." The next one looks as if the writer used a thesaurus to "revise" the technical specs from Amazon.com. This next one has a misspelled word in the title, this one's a letter to a family member, this one uses no capitalization or punctuation ...
   
   Before we were able to assess creative writing using the sliders, I often had to skip some really good poetry and short stories. Now, I spend more time enjoying and rating the creative hubs than I do the nonfiction (so to speak) hubs.

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      sleepylogposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yes I agree with you entirely and one of the reasons I enjoy hopping is to flag inapropriate content. It really bugs me when I see a blog type hub or one that is so obviously promotional. I don't hesitate for one second to flag them.

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   rfmoranposted 11 years ago

   Yes and no. for every interesting hub you see, you encounter a string of ones that are frankly embarrassing. I would prefer it if the titles were presented in a list so you could just click on what interests you.

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      renegadetoryposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      That's a great idea, I would prefer that as well!

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      sleepylogposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yes that would be helpful. Or some button to skip a hub that is of no interest to us.

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   MomsTreasureChestposted 11 years ago

   I enjoy hub hopping and stumbling across interesting hubs that I may not have otherwise encountered.

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      sleepylogposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, so do I. It's a good way to pass the time late at night when there's not much going on.

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   Geekdomposted 11 years ago

   I don't like hub hopping at all.  I tried it for a while but most of the topics held no interests for me.  Instead, I just like to type in a Key Word like LEGO, Spider-Man, Star Wars, or cartoon dinosaurs and read what pops up.  Kind of a way to "Hop" on topics I enjoy.

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      sleepylogposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yes having to read something that's of no interest to me is the only thing about hub hopping that bugs me. I rate them lower than the ones that interest me. It would be fairer to the hub's authors if there was a 'skip' button for those we don't like.

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