A popular topic of discussion on Digg is that of dupes and what happens when a top digger dupes a story. I am going to look at two recent examples of this and show you what happened.Our first item is a story that was submitted by a member with no front paged stories (MomoTheCow) and…
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Digg and the Myth of the Top Digger
I’m not suggesting that top diggers are a myth; instead I am going to debunk the myth that top diggers control Digg.Digg is a social news aggregation site where members (or diggers) submit interesting news items, videos, podcasts and other links to the community at large. The other diggers then throw their support behind articles…
Does Digg Lack Diversity
I’m not talking about a diversity of opinions. You need only glance at the comments on a front page story to know that diggers have a wide variety of opinions no matter what the subject! Some of these opinions are funny and others are not so funny.What I am talking about is a diversity in…
I’ve Been Blog Scraped!
I can’t believe it! I was looking at referral links on my blog and I saw one from Digg. I did not recognize it so I checked it out as I wanted to see who submitted my blog to Digg. Boy was I in for a surprise! Someone scrapped one of my blog entries, changed…
How Much is the Digg Home Page Worth?
A lot of people wonder just how much money a front paged story on Digg is worth. My blog has made it there at least once and I’m going tell you what I made off of it. This may vary for others.This is a screen cap of my AdSense earnings from a few days prior…
Digg: The Wisdom of Crowds
A lot has been said about Kevin Rose’s desire to harness the “Wisdom of Crowds” on Digg and a recent submission to Digg talks some more about this.Kevin Rose was all about the “Wisdom of Crowds” when he thought up Digg, it has instead become “Animal Farm” where some Diggers are more equal than others.To…
An idea for Digg’s dupe problem
While I was on Digg today I found something submitted by one of my “friends” was a dupe of something I had submitted over a month ago.When I submit things that are direct dupes Digg normally takes me right to the entry and does not let me resubmit the same thing. In this particular case…
A Solution To Digg’s Blog Spam Problem?
‘A lot of blogs, good and bad, often get buried as spam just because they are a blog. I have a potential solution that may help.We already know that, according to Digg’s TOS, you are able to submit blog entries and you can submit your own blog entries. This is often frowned upon by other…
I’m In The Digg Top 500!
I was just checking my profile on Digg and I was surprised to see that I have jumped into the Top 500 users on Digg!It’s been a long haul getting this far but what really surprised me is the fact that you only need to get 12 stories pegged to the home page to be…
Is Digg Getting Serious About Dupes?
Every couple of days I like to submit a large number of stories to Digg. In the past Digg has been rather lazy about Dupe checking, I think this has now begun to change!While attempting to submit a large number of stories to Digg I kept running into items that had been posted on Digg…
Did You Read the Article First? Some Thoughts on Social Bookmarking
That’s a common question on the social bookmarking/news voting websites Digg and Netscape. It’s also a very interesting question as these site specifically used the term “social bookmarking” in their early press releases.In defense of both of those sites, neither one still uses the term “social bookmarking” on their sites now. Both are trying to…
Digg’s “bury” system
One of the big gripes on Digg is the bury system used by the community to moderate submissions. A lot of people complain about it and I’m going to take a few minutes to talk about it.Digg uses a system know as the “bury” system to allow users to moderate stories. Unlike Digging, the bury…