The recent net media circus on Digg is like the classic question of loyalty to one’s nation: are you a traitor for criticizing government or a true patriot? Of course, it depends on your intent but don’t ask the flag-waving population or you might get lynched. Recently, lots of posts have been made on Digg’s [...]
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Today’s hot Digg front page story of the day Yahoo Shamelessly Rips Off Digg and Brags About It is starting to make the rounds on some influential blogs. This whole exercise was to illustrate two things: How hopelessly out of touch Yahoo is with the world Digg’s herd mentality The voices of reason at blogs [...]
Today’s hot Digg front page story of the day Yahoo Shamelessly Rips Off Digg and Brags About It is starting to make the rounds on some influential blogs. This whole exercise was to illustrate two things: How hopelessly out of touch Yahoo is with the world Digg’s herd mentality The voices of reason at blogs [...]
Yahoo recently wrote about how they implemented “Digg-style voting” on one of their suggestion boards. While it’s great to see the big boys taking cues from social media to make the feedback process with customers more transparent and relevant, sometimes admiration goes a bit too far. Check out this screenshot (click for the larger version): [...]
Lately I’ve been thinking that maybe the term “social news” or “social media” is a misnomer. You really don’t see that much bonding and if anything comments can get pretty nasty. Is negativity a necessary ingredient for social news? Where does it come from? I think the factor that contributes to negativity the most are [...]
The slime balls of marketing seem to shape the debate of any kind of marketing when it comes to the internet. It’s easy to throw around accusations of spamming, manipulation, or gaming when you see a newcomer on the scene. I just had a little dialogue about what’s “ethical” when it comes to marketing yourself [...]
The slime balls of marketing seem to shape the debate of any kind of marketing when it comes to the internet. It’s easy to throw around accusations of spamming, manipulation, or gaming when you see a newcomer on the scene. I just had a little dialogue about what’s “ethical” when it comes to marketing yourself [...]
A while back Paul Stamatiou made a post about how to get on Digg after your domain is banned. Don’t know if he’s on a “devil may care” deathwish because he was banned from Digg but he gets no dice because he’s using sneaky redirects and stuff that is sure to be against Digg’s policy. [...]
If there’s one thing I’ve been thinking a lot about lately it’s Digg. I’ve pretty much given up on the idea of raising awareness for Digg’s flaws because it’s now clear that not only do the rabid comment trolls and the bury brigade want to ruin the experience for everyone, but the Digg management doesn’t [...]
Let me tell you a dirty little secret about Digg that is more or less public knowledge: the average reader doesn’t bother to read stories in the submission queue. It’s true. I wont claim the number is zero but it’s very very small. I’d say the only real person who reads your article is the [...]