Comments on: New and Improved Digg: Now with more buries! http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NEW SITE GETS BANNED FROM DIGG WITHIN 6 DAYS - Steve http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/comment-page-1/#comment-8223 NEW SITE GETS BANNED FROM DIGG WITHIN 6 DAYS - Steve Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:21:17 +0000 http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/#comment-8223 Digg.com is getting cocky and banning small web sites just because digg’s users submit them to digg and digg’s moderators don’t like it. Scifidigg.com is the latest victim of Digg’s “We are big, you are small and we can do whatever we want” attitude. First some background. After running the website Scifi2u.com for the last year we realised there was a demand for a scifi digg type website – 6 Days ago ScifiDigg.com was born and is powered by open source Pligg and the YouTube API. So what went wrong? The site went live on the 22 March 2007. People submitted stories and video links to digg and other sites del.icio.us, Yahoo, Simply and Reddit. Having a submit button makes submitting very easy and fast but that could be a problem. Let’s get to the point WITHIN 6 DAYS THE SITE HAS BEEN BANNED FROM DIGG Digg’s moderators decided that since the link pointed to my site and the posts are mainly videos from YouTube ScifiDigg should be banned from digg and no other links from scifidigg.com can be posted to digg. Digg’s response I contacted digg to find out what happened and why they blocked my site. The response I got from them was that my site violated their terms of use, by copying another site. I explained to them that although the video is streamed by YouTube we give the facility for original coments to be added. The response I got was that they do not allow sites that copy other sites to be submitted to digg. I told them that according to their rules they should also ban Yahoo news, since it does not have an original content but republish articles from PCWorld, Reuters, MACWorld and others. Also falls under this category other major sites like neowin.net, blink.nu and many more that are doing exactly the same infact they should ban YouTube because the video content is often copied from other video websites. But hey, they are big sites and digg can’t pick on them without repercussion, like they can pick on small blogs that try to establish themselves. So what have we learned? · Digg’s users don’t really determine what gets promoted, but digg’s moderators do. · Digg have a different set of rules for small site and different rules for big sites, even though both are doing the same. · Digg will ban a small site just because one of its user’s submitted an article that other digg members liked and promoted, but moderator didn’t like the link. · Digg will not listen to reason when told that the site did not violate its TOS. I am going to create a Digg.com clone http://www.BannedDigg.com Watch this space!!! Digg.com is getting cocky and banning small web sites just because digg’s users submit them to digg and digg’s moderators don’t like it. Scifidigg.com is the latest victim of Digg’s “We are big, you are small and we can do whatever we want” attitude.
First some background.
After running the website Scifi2u.com for the last year we realised there was a demand for a scifi digg type website – 6 Days ago ScifiDigg.com was born and is powered by open source Pligg and the YouTube API.
So what went wrong?
The site went live on the 22 March 2007. People submitted stories and video links to digg and other sites del.icio.us, Yahoo, Simply and Reddit. Having a submit button makes submitting very easy and fast but that could be a problem.
Let’s get to the point
WITHIN 6 DAYS THE SITE HAS BEEN BANNED FROM DIGG
Digg’s moderators decided that since the link pointed to my site and the posts are mainly videos from YouTube ScifiDigg should be banned from digg and no other links from scifidigg.com can be posted to digg.
Digg’s response
I contacted digg to find out what happened and why they blocked my site. The response I got from them was that my site violated their terms of use, by copying another site. I explained to them that although the video is streamed by YouTube we give the facility for original coments to be added.
The response I got was that they do not allow sites that copy other sites to be submitted to digg. I told them that according to their rules they should also ban Yahoo news, since it does not have an original content but republish articles from PCWorld, Reuters, MACWorld and others. Also falls under this category other major sites like neowin.net, blink.nu and many more that are doing exactly the same infact they should ban YouTube because the video content is often copied from other video websites. But hey, they are big sites and digg can’t pick on them without repercussion, like they can pick on small blogs that try to establish themselves.
So what have we learned?
·Digg’s users don’t really determine what gets promoted, but digg’s moderators do.
·Digg have a different set of rules for small site and different rules for big sites, even though both are doing the same.
·Digg will ban a small site just because one of its user’s submitted an article that other digg members liked and promoted, but moderator didn’t like the link.
·Digg will not listen to reason when told that the site did not violate its TOS.

I am going to create a Digg.com clone http://www.BannedDigg.com Watch this space!!!

]]> By: baron http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 baron Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:25:23 +0000 http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/#comment-2803 We need a badge that says "banned by Digg" for status. We need a badge that says “banned by Digg” for status.

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 HMTKSteve Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:14:36 +0000 http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/#comment-2651 Welcome to the new banned list on Digg. Grab a chair while you still can because more and more of us are being added to the new banned room. Unless you are Techcrunch/Engadget/Wired or a similar "A" list blog... Welcome to the new banned list on Digg. Grab a chair while you still can because more and more of us are being added to the new banned room. Unless you are Techcrunch/Engadget/Wired or a similar “A” list blog…

]]> By: baron http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/comment-page-1/#comment-2623 baron Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:10:25 +0000 http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/#comment-2623 LOL I could probably have an exclusive interview with Kevin Rose along with pictures shaking hands and still get buried. I guess this blog is that big of a threat. ;) Yeah right. LOL I could probably have an exclusive interview with Kevin Rose along with pictures shaking hands and still get buried. I guess this blog is that big of a threat. ;)

Yeah right.

]]> By: Charbarred http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/comment-page-1/#comment-2599 Charbarred Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:50:07 +0000 http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/#comment-2599 Except for Steve's story, I think this is the fastest I've ever seen a story get buried on Digg. I would probably have more luck submitting porn :-D Except for Steve’s story, I think this is the fastest I’ve ever seen a story get buried on Digg.
I would probably have more luck submitting porn :-D

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/comment-page-1/#comment-2561 HMTKSteve Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:27:29 +0000 http://baron.vc/new-and-improved-digg-now-with-more-buries/#comment-2561 Yes, I think URLs and submitters are being marked as tainted in the eyes of Digg. Yes, I think URLs and submitters are being marked as tainted in the eyes of Digg.

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