As many of you may already know, a while back Digg introduced a great “friends” system that allowed you to track what your friends Dugg/submitted. This was designed to help you find good stories from good submitters. It was great, then it got changed.I have been reading the blogs of various big name Diggers and…
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HowTo: Gaming the Digg
Most people who use Digg know about the continual algorthym upgrades. These changes are made to prevent the “gaming” of Digg. i.e. They are meant to prevent people from using Digg as a personal advertising scheme. There still are a few very easy things you can do to “game” the system.A) The Steve Colbert SystemThis…
If Digg is sold, what happens to Diggnation?
One aspect of Digg is Diggnation, the podcast hosted by Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose. In all of the stories about the possible sale of Digg no one is talking about the driving force behind Digg, which is Diggnation.Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht are clearly the spokesmen for Digg. Whether they were hired or not…
Is Kevin Rose ‘Digging’ for a buyer?
Word on the web is that News Corp is in talks to purchase Digg for $150MDigg has been in talks about acquisition with several companies, News Corp is just one of them. Rumors say negotiations have not been able to settle on a number higher then $150M so Digg may instead go into a second…
The Digg Effect Part 4: Netscape vs. Digg vs. Stumbleupon
I recently posted a link back to my blog on both Digg and Netscape to see what would happen. The results were not as shocking as you might think… until you factor in StumbleUpon!The entry I linked to with both news aggregators was The Three Letters. I did not know what sort of result to…