Comments on: Diggs for sale in organized fashion http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darren McLaughlin http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-126289 Darren McLaughlin Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:46:37 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-126289 Hopefully this kills Digg, once and for all. LOL Hopefully this kills Digg, once and for all. LOL

]]> By: Social networks and the profit motive « Karma - Identity, Trust and Reputation on the Web http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-126208 Social networks and the profit motive « Karma - Identity, Trust and Reputation on the Web Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:25:33 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-126208 [...] The Blog Herald had an interesting review called Diggs for sale in organized fashion User/Submitter is a new service that connects publishers with diggers. Have a story? Then hand over the cash and User/Submitters’ dig users will digg it for you – and you might even end up on the frontpage of Digg. That’s serious stuff, The Blog Herald knows that. [...] [...] The Blog Herald had an interesting review called Diggs for sale in organized fashion User/Submitter is a new service that connects publishers with diggers. Have a story? Then hand over the cash and User/Submitters’ dig users will digg it for you – and you might even end up on the frontpage of Digg. That’s serious stuff, The Blog Herald knows that. [...]

]]> By: Tony http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-125981 Tony Tue, 03 Oct 2006 06:30:53 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-125981 Well, well, well. I step out of the blogoshere so I (the royal "I" of course) can have a baby and Boom! This drops out the sky. Institutionalized gaming of Digg? A total non surprise. Here's where usersubmitter might be gaming its users though -- there's a certain way for stories to get dugg to the frontpage, because that's where the cash money is. And it isn't for any ol' joe shmoes to Digg it up. The new algo change because of the circle digg effect may have changed things, but getting ANY ol ' person to digg your story is going to end up having a minimal spike in your traffic ... and the person paying getting the short end of the stick. Anik -- thanks for the link. I've also posted on Digg shenanigans. If anyone wants a history of it, they can go here: http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/25/a-brief-history-of-digg-controversy/ More to come on this issue folks ... keep your eyes open for it. Cheers t Well, well, well.

I step out of the blogoshere so I (the royal “I” of course) can have a baby and Boom! This drops out the sky.

Institutionalized gaming of Digg? A total non surprise.
Here’s where usersubmitter might be gaming its users though — there’s a certain way for stories to get dugg to the frontpage, because that’s where the cash money is.

And it isn’t for any ol’ joe shmoes to Digg it up. The new algo change because of the circle digg effect may have changed things, but getting ANY ol ‘ person to digg your story is going to end up having a minimal spike in your traffic … and the person paying getting the short end of the stick.

Anik — thanks for the link. I’ve also posted on Digg shenanigans.
If anyone wants a history of it, they can go here:
http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/25/a-brief-history-of-digg-controversy/

More to come on this issue folks … keep your eyes open for it.
Cheers
t

]]> By: Ankit http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-125940 Ankit Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:04:27 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-125940 One very interesting thing mentioned in this Digg fraud site ... (User/Submitter) <blockquote>Those wanting to bury all stories coming from U/S, note that 80% of the stories are randomly selected from Digg. Some sets are entirely random. More later.</blockquote> These guys are determined to game Digg, and have given a good analysis to all loopholes they might find at. What the world is coming to... One very interesting thing mentioned in this Digg fraud site … (User/Submitter)

Those wanting to bury all stories coming from U/S, note that 80% of the stories are randomly selected from Digg. Some sets are entirely random.
More later.

These guys are determined to game Digg, and have given a good analysis to all loopholes they might find at. What the world is coming to…

]]> By: Ankit http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-125937 Ankit Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:50:09 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-125937 This kind of gaming is going for a while in Digg. I won`t be surprised to see Kevin Rose putting more Censorship on Digg submitted stories, but this will again be met by uproar by Diggers. I have done similar stories on same issue in past <strong><a href="http://www.instamedia.org/entry/step-aside-seos-and-link-builders-link-baiters-and-top-diggers-are-coming/" rel="nofollow">over here.</a></strong> This kind of gaming is going for a while in Digg. I won`t be surprised to see Kevin Rose putting more Censorship on Digg submitted stories, but this will again be met by uproar by Diggers.

I have done similar stories on same issue in past over here.

]]> By: Steve http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-125903 Steve Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:46:37 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-125903 WE MUST ABSOLUTELY KILL THIS NEW PRODUCT, WE CAN'T LET IT DESTROY THE DIGG SPIRIT. HOW TO DO? WE MUST ABSOLUTELY KILL THIS NEW PRODUCT, WE CAN’T LET IT DESTROY THE DIGG SPIRIT.

HOW TO DO?

]]> By: Martin http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-125870 Martin Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:28:40 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-125870 Well, this will be the end of digg as we know it, imo. As it defeats the purpose of it being open to all. All this is is professional gaming - highest bidder wins. Well, this will be the end of digg as we know it, imo. As it defeats the purpose of it being open to all.

All this is is professional gaming – highest bidder wins.

]]> By: Huw http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-125828 Huw Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:11:06 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-125828 I would have thought it would be fairly simple for Digg to detect and stop - if the same crowd of people digg stories which no-one else seems to be digging, you can work out that there is something wrong. In fact, they already have algorithms in place against 'herds' of diggers taking control over whether a story reaches the front page. I would have thought it would be fairly simple for Digg to detect and stop – if the same crowd of people digg stories which no-one else seems to be digging, you can work out that there is something wrong. In fact, they already have algorithms in place against ‘herds’ of diggers taking control over whether a story reaches the front page.

]]> By: Leroy Brown http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/comment-page-1/#comment-125820 Leroy Brown Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:23:25 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/02/diggs-for-sale-in-organized-fashion/#comment-125820 I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened. If it's for real ( which it seems to be.... I was afraid of this exact model for quite some time ) then Digg as we know it could be done. I've never been a big Digg fan myself, mainly due to the unpredictability of it. It can be swayed easily by the masses, and when you put a few bucks behind it, then there's plenty of room for corruption. Let's hope this site and idea gets shut down quickly. I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened. If it’s for real ( which it seems to be…. I was afraid of this exact model for quite some time ) then Digg as we know it could be done. I’ve never been a big Digg fan myself, mainly due to the unpredictability of it. It can be swayed easily by the masses, and when you put a few bucks behind it, then there’s plenty of room for corruption. Let’s hope this site and idea gets shut down quickly.

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