Comments on: The Politics of Digg http://bloggasm.com/the-politics-of-digg Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:58:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: shiftline http://bloggasm.com/the-politics-of-digg/comment-page-1#comment-78167 shiftline Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:55:49 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1286#comment-78167 Great Article My Dig :) http://digg.com/users/shiftline Great Article

My Dig :)
http://digg.com/users/shiftline

]]> By: Equanimous http://bloggasm.com/the-politics-of-digg/comment-page-1#comment-78162 Equanimous Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:39:51 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1286#comment-78162 I agree that this is a problem on digg. I have made a new news site which solves this problem. It is online at http://crowdnews.eu/ It is only 14 days old so it is still in beta. I agree that this is a problem on digg.

I have made a new news site which solves this problem.
It is online at
http://crowdnews.eu/

It is only 14 days old so it is still in beta.

]]> By: bronson http://bloggasm.com/the-politics-of-digg/comment-page-1#comment-78156 bronson Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:20:36 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1286#comment-78156 apologies for the spelling error in the previous comment. apologies for the spelling error in the previous comment.

]]> By: bronson http://bloggasm.com/the-politics-of-digg/comment-page-1#comment-78155 bronson Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:20:06 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1286#comment-78155 I see a similar pattern with another social app on FB called vampires, one that my giorlfriend is involved with as a user. A similar networking trend exists and she's related several ideas to me which echo Kelly's sentiment. One of the angles is to befriend the friends of the power users, so that when you do send through a friends request, they see that you have their friends in common, thus securing the connection to the big players in the game; who can help your cause a great deal. I see a similar pattern with another social app on FB called vampires, one that my giorlfriend is involved with as a user.

A similar networking trend exists and she’s related several ideas to me which echo Kelly’s sentiment.

One of the angles is to befriend the friends of the power users, so that when you do send through a friends request, they see that you have their friends in common, thus securing the connection to the big players in the game; who can help your cause a great deal.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://bloggasm.com/the-politics-of-digg/comment-page-1#comment-78154 Wayne Smallman Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:41:29 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1286#comment-78154 Kelly & I share the same views; Digg is wasteland of truly pointless content, punctuated briefly by small oasis of good content, that's often really, really hard to find. I've been on Digg since late 2005 and I've watched Digg go from something driven by very passionate people into something that's a sad reflection of utter nonsense I see doing well elsewhere, like LOLcats, as an example. Don't get me wrong, I've had my fair share of articles on the front page. But even then, Digg is just a means to an end; the traffic from Digg is essentially a managed DDoS attack, with the secondary traffic from Delicious, Reddit and StumbleUpon being where the real value is. I don't think there's much of a way back with the current stewardship. They lack the courage to do the right thing. Maybe if Google had bought them, then we'd see some change. I don't see Digg getting any better, but I'd be happy for them to prove me wrong... Kelly & I share the same views; Digg is wasteland of truly pointless content, punctuated briefly by small oasis of good content, that’s often really, really hard to find.

I’ve been on Digg since late 2005 and I’ve watched Digg go from something driven by very passionate people into something that’s a sad reflection of utter nonsense I see doing well elsewhere, like LOLcats, as an example.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my fair share of articles on the front page. But even then, Digg is just a means to an end; the traffic from Digg is essentially a managed DDoS attack, with the secondary traffic from Delicious, Reddit and StumbleUpon being where the real value is.

I don’t think there’s much of a way back with the current stewardship. They lack the courage to do the right thing.

Maybe if Google had bought them, then we’d see some change.

I don’t see Digg getting any better, but I’d be happy for them to prove me wrong…

]]> By: Eric Dubay http://bloggasm.com/the-politics-of-digg/comment-page-1#comment-78150 Eric Dubay Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:06:24 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1286#comment-78150 Excellent article. The Digg bury brigade is most certainly a reality. And the double - G (diGG) makes me suspicious of Masonic involvement as well Excellent article. The Digg bury brigade is most certainly a reality. And the double – G (diGG) makes me suspicious of Masonic involvement as well

]]> By: Damon http://bloggasm.com/the-politics-of-digg/comment-page-1#comment-78149 Damon Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:04:16 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=1286#comment-78149 In regards to the "politics" of digg, it is so obviously hard-core left that I tell everyone I know to ignore the site. There is no way that 70-80% of America is hard core left like diggers are. Disappointing.... In regards to the “politics” of digg, it is so obviously hard-core left that I tell everyone I know to ignore the site. There is no way that 70-80% of America is hard core left like diggers are. Disappointing….

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