I visit a lot of blogs. A lot. One thing that always gets me is the blogs that require me to jump hurdles just to leave a comment.Do these bloggers not want people to comment?Do they understand that blogging is all about communicating with your readers?GRRRrrrrrr. It just drives me mad!Just a little while ago…
Tag: Social Media
Kevin Rose finally grows a pair
‘There has been a lot of trouble at Digg in the last 24 hours. Some stories were posted that tell all about hacking the security for HD-DVD. At first Digg removed these stories and Jay Adelson blogged on the Digg blog about why.This then blew up in their face and numerous stories began to appear…
Magazine Tag
Andy over at MathPoints just tagged me for a magazine meme.To be honest, I get hardly any magazines these days. There is simply too much stuff available on line for me to plunk my hard earned money on magazines. With that said, there are some I will occasionally purchase.Magazines for meKnights of the Dinner Table…
MyBlogLog adds “auto-join” to communities
I just received a surprising email from MyBlogLog:Hi HMTKSteve!Part of what makes MyBlogLog so special is our ability to automatically add you to communities in which you have shown a repeated interest. We have just added you to the following communities:1) MathPoints http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/mathpoints/2) Untwisted Vortex http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/unvort/3) Manthem.net http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/Manthem/4) SiteLogic Web Development http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/community/Site_Logic/Bonus — The “Hot…
Are your Digg friends digging you up or down?
A while back Digg announced some changes to their algorithm in regards to fixing their perceived gaming problem. There was a lot of shouting and back and forth on the subject but, eventually, things quieted down and people moved on.In the intervening time I reported on a few cases of reverse gaming where people were…
Who controls Digg?
In the past, the top digg users were accused of controlling digg. Digg responded to this by dropping the top users list.Some folks still think that the digg front page is controlled by a small minority of users. Well, they are partially right in that belief. Not right because the small group controls the content…
I have a clone?
I must be real popular on the social bookmarking/news site I used to use because I recently encountered a clone of myself! Yes, someone on Digg is using my avatar!My profileMy clone’s profileThough I do not own the image I used to create my avatar, I have been using it all over the net and…
The truth about Digg’s bury brigade
I discovered something this morning about the so-called “bury brigades”I bury lots of crap that I find on Digg, when I still bother to go there but, this very morning, I was up early and I had Digg Spy loaded up.What I saw was not a case of mass burying of certain sites though, it…
The top 11 things I have learned from Digg
Digg.com is a social news/bookmarking website. When it started out it was good and focused on Technology. Last year they opened up a series of new categories and took on a ton of new users. It has since become a haven of fanboys and Stalinism. This is my top 11 list of things I have…
Digg hits 1 meeeelion members
The social bookmarking… umm… social news… no, wait a minute… The anti-social bookmarking news site Digg has just reached 1 million members.Congratulations Kevin Rose.Oh, guess what, that’s 1 million registered users! As opposed to unregistered users, or banned users, or deleted users… Or is it? We may never know. It may be something as simple…
Digg’s new ‘auto bury’ feature
It has recently come to my attention that the recent news of sites being unbanned from Digg may have been a red herring thrown at us to divert our attention from the full impact of a new Digg feature. I am talking about Digg’s new “auto bury” feature.New Auto-Bury FeatureYes indeed, it’s a new feature!Sites…
The effect of being buried on Digg
Last night a story on hmtk.com made the front page of Digg. This story was written by my friend Force Drainer and it is called 501st Legion Inducts Kevin Smith as “friend”.The story made it to the front page of Digg just a few minutes before midnight on Monday March 5th. Upon reaching the front…