Comments on: Is Digg dug? http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/ tech.gadgets.video.geekculture.gaming.kittens. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:54:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jai http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Jai Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:07:04 +0000 http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/#comment-639 I think this story has been blown way out of proportion. I'm sure there are many ways users could "game" digg to promote stories quicker for their own vanity, but by the same token I believe "fanboys" could just as easily bury negative stories that reflect badly on their beloved site. I have no idea either way what happened here and honestly don't care much, I'm not exactly a power digg user anyway. This would surely put into question the credibility of digg if Kevin, or others behind the scenes of digg, were involved (I hope for their sake that's not the case). At first glance though it does appear something sketchy was going on. In any case Kevin, or whomever, should have been more clear in their response and either admit, "hey we got caught, here's what we trying to accomplishing by doing this", or "look we got taken this is what was happened" and be more forthright in their condemnation of this sort of activity on the site. I think this story has been blown way out of proportion. I’m sure there are many ways users could “game” digg to promote stories quicker for their own vanity, but by the same token I believe “fanboys” could just as easily bury negative stories that reflect badly on their beloved site. I have no idea either way what happened here and honestly don’t care much, I’m not exactly a power digg user anyway. This would surely put into question the credibility of digg if Kevin, or others behind the scenes of digg, were involved (I hope for their sake that’s not the case). At first glance though it does appear something sketchy was going on. In any case Kevin, or whomever, should have been more clear in their response and either admit, “hey we got caught, here’s what we trying to accomplishing by doing this”, or “look we got taken this is what was happened” and be more forthright in their condemnation of this sort of activity on the site.

]]> By: Chris S http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/comment-page-1/#comment-627 Chris S Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:43:54 +0000 http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/#comment-627 I'm not quite convinced of this. Since the digg users are supposedly the content editors, wouldn't it make more sense that perhaps this is just digg users taking advantage of digg's business model? You would think that if digg wanted to inflate a story to the front page (or kill a story for that matter) they could easily do it in a less obvious manner. Just a thought. I’m not quite convinced of this. Since the digg users are supposedly the content editors, wouldn’t it make more sense that perhaps this is just digg users taking advantage of digg’s business model? You would think that if digg wanted to inflate a story to the front page (or kill a story for that matter) they could easily do it in a less obvious manner. Just a thought.

]]> By: Jonathan C http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Jonathan C Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:53:50 +0000 http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/#comment-626 interesting discovery. I always read engadget, slashdot, digg, and your blog often amongst many sites. And i'm a huge digg fan and ive always loved their content from the getgo...but i cant help but to feel rather pissed that they'd pull off material that goes against their practices when they claim that moderation is up to the end-user(uh oh, jon said "pissed" on V's blog, lol). In any case, if these findings turn out to be credible, then Kevin should come through and make a statement to clear it up if he wants to retain digg's good reputation...because it can take you years to build up a reputation, but a few oddly-common "diggers" to bring it down in a second interesting discovery. I always read engadget, slashdot, digg, and your blog often amongst many sites. And i’m a huge digg fan and ive always loved their content from the getgo…but i cant help but to feel rather pissed that they’d pull off material that goes against their practices when they claim that moderation is up to the end-user(uh oh, jon said “pissed” on V’s blog, lol). In any case, if these findings turn out to be credible, then Kevin should come through and make a statement to clear it up if he wants to retain digg’s good reputation…because it can take you years to build up a reputation, but a few oddly-common “diggers” to bring it down in a second

]]> By: Bret http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Bret Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:43:18 +0000 http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/#comment-624 I could of told you this. I added a story entitled "How to Deflect Digg: and it was getting alot of diggs within minutes. But odly enough it was removed before anyone even reported it. I could of told you this. I added a story entitled “How to Deflect Digg: and it was getting alot of diggs within minutes. But odly enough it was removed before anyone even reported it.

]]> By: Kato http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Kato Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:59:43 +0000 http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/#comment-623 Hmm... investigative geek reporting. I like it. Hmm… investigative geek reporting. I like it.

]]> By: Ryan Block: The Person » Blog Archive » Digging up dirt http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Ryan Block: The Person » Blog Archive » Digging up dirt Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:39:44 +0000 http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/#comment-622 [...] slashdot, boingboing, The Guardian, Veronica Thursday, April 20th, 2006 - 1:27PM | | Permalink Posted inWeb [...] [...] slashdot, boingboing, The Guardian, Veronica Thursday, April 20th, 2006 – 1:27PM | | Permalink Posted inWeb [...]

]]> By: Udayan http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Udayan Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:25:02 +0000 http://www.veronicabelmont.com/2006/04/is-digg-dug/#comment-621 Hmm, this article is interesting and the evidence is compelling. I'm inclined to agree with you here because of the nature of the identical Diggs. It really would be a tragedy if this was the case - and this argument seems to show that it really could be the case. I used to use Digg a lot, however I read Slashdot more often because some of the stuff that gets onto Digg is bizarre. Still, I do see a lot of great stuff at Digg.com, but not as much at Boing Boing or Slashdot which don't get as much coverage. The most worrying is the procedure of "killing entires that dare question their practices." That's very bad news for Digg, hopefully Kevin speaks out soon. Hmm, this article is interesting and the evidence is compelling. I’m inclined to agree with you here because of the nature of the identical Diggs. It really would be a tragedy if this was the case – and this argument seems to show that it really could be the case.

I used to use Digg a lot, however I read Slashdot more often because some of the stuff that gets onto Digg is bizarre. Still, I do see a lot of great stuff at Digg.com, but not as much at Boing Boing or Slashdot which don’t get as much coverage.

The most worrying is the procedure of “killing entires that dare question their practices.” That’s very bad news for Digg, hopefully Kevin speaks out soon.

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