Can your hub score decrease if you follow people who have low hub scores?
I heard that too, so I try not to follow anyone with a score of 75 or less. But I'm not sure that its actually true.
Good question, Christy. I do not know the answer but let's hope someone can help us on this. I would guess that it doesn't matter as Hubpages encourages community and this would be somewhat detrimental to the purpose.
The HubScores of other users have zero effect on yours, both who you follow or who follows you.
But why would you follow someone with a really low HubScore, since that tends to indicate that their writing/content is poor quality?
In my case I was/am following new people I referred. In theory they should raise quickly but in their first days they are dropping in score.
This is a great question, and was found this by looking for the same answer. I noticed a drop in my hub score after following some new users. The same question was asked a couple years ago and it seems like nobody really knows.
http://hubpages.com/question/52289/is-i … -hub-score
Don’t really have the answer to this question but I try to follow people who write interesting, well-written and informative hubs regardless of their score. I’ve seen enough people get a low score on hub pages due to some violation but that was no reflection whatsoever on their writing abilities. I agree with @teaches12345 on this one! ![]()
by Leone Vidoni 14 years ago
Is it worth sacrificing your hubscore to get more followers?I notice people do mass following in order to get more people to follow them, but I've also noticed it seems to have a direct relationship with a falling hubscore. So, Is it worth it?
by Debra Roberts 7 years ago
First of all, I'm not sure if having a large number of followers is even important in the grand scheme of blogging...so perhaps that is the best place to start with this discussion.
by TANJIM ARAFAT SAJIB 14 years ago
Before following someone, at least you should read his/her hub or profile. I think, there are many reason rather than his or her beautiful face to follow him/her.
by weholdthesetruths 14 years ago
I know, odd question. I don't have a LOT of followers, in fact, I have rather few, but in some cases, I have wondered why. I have read over the profiles of a number of my followers, and notice that we share minimal or no interests, our hubs are on different topics, and despite the...
by Andrew Smith 11 years ago
I've just reached a landmark of 100 followers (yay, me!), which might not seem like much, but it's built up pretty slowly over time, and I've made sure to interact with everyone I'm following regularly (106 now), checking out new hubs, etc. It made me consider an interesting question:How do...
by Carolee Samuda 14 years ago
I am fairly new here, but what I've learned is that most people follow to get followers. (I was that person). What I discovered was that, if I follow you I am required to read your hubs when published.My suggestion; don't follow to be followed. Follow because you genuinely are interested in the...
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