seopedia.org — Recently, the Digg staff, through their automated algorithms, is watching if a user is reading a story, by counting the time the user stays on that particular page, and the time it takes him to press the Digg button.
May 23, 2007 View in Crawl 4
alphaetaMay 23, 2007
"Indeed, I would go so far as to suggest somehow that a digg that occurs after you have clicked the link to the article should have a higher score than one where the person is digging without reading the article first."That's an excellent suggestion!
balibonesMay 23, 2007
Funny... I just watched Animal Farm last night and finished reading Atlas Shrugged again a few days ago. Great democratic ideas start out with good intentions and just end up a bureaucratic mess over time as rule and regulation after rule and regulation is piled onto the idea. Eventually you have something that resembles more what you were trying to get away from than what you had started out to create.It's not that I don't see the need for this, but man... Digg has come a loooooong way from the ideals that it started out with.
entropymanMay 23, 2007
They seem to be looking at your digg voting, not your clicking on the story URL. So no worries.
entropymanMay 23, 2007
I wish people wouldn't auto-bury stories from specific URLs. I mean, I generally dislike LGF stories, but I'll read them first. Maybe if there was a simpler way to just hide those stories from your view, the way you can block a user, or select categories, you could block a specific URL. I have no problem if you don't want to ever read some kind of story or political slant. Whatever. But if people are burying those stories because they don't want OTHER people to read them who might like them, then that's got to stop.
Closed AccountMay 23, 2007
Maybe not digging EVERY Ron Paul story in rapid succession would keep you from being banned?
hanksnameMay 23, 2007
I sometimes Digg things precisely because I want to see them in my profile for later reading. Digg stories move pretty fast so if I go to a story and then come back, it takes a lot of time to find out where I was.I guess they can ban me for it. I am a nobody on Digg. But if they ban all of the nobodies who use Digg the way they want - instead of the way Digg Gods want - they won't have a lot of people left.
noamsayinMay 24, 2007
@ Prysorra.I agree with you. Perhaps too many posts from LGF get a Digg. I hope everyone chalks that up to LGF being relatively new to the Digg access, and we've had a huge number of new, enthusiastic members who want to score points with us regulars. I think in time, this will wain and the Diggs you see from LGF will be important for all of us to see. Keep in mind also that some folks are Digging LGF thread with nefarious intentions - they're trying to give us a bad rep. There are some amazingly huge stories that develop from littlegreenfootballs through an incredible amount of research through all the available online media, and they deserve the attention - and debate - this forum allows. I myself gave up a good portion of my posting time here and on other blogs in order to do such research.@ EntropyMan"I have no problem if you don't want to ever read some kind of story or political slant. Whatever. But if people are burying those stories because they don't want OTHER people to read them who might like them, then that's got to stop."A most excellent point, sir.Some time back One should never shut out any obviously viable news items. Quite some time ago while watching NBC News, I listened to Tom Brokaw attribute the stock market come-back to factors other than the Bush tax-cuts. I'm sorry I can't recall specifics - we're talking late-2002 or early-2003, and I drink. I work in the financial services industry, and I'd just spent the greater part of that morning listening to top mutual fund advisors discuss the real reasons behind the market recovery. These are people who absolutely must be right in their analysis or they no longer have a job. They went into detail about added capital available for research, development and production, as well as shipping; lowered interest rates, more credit in the marketplace, more available discretionary income due to tax relief and many other factors. I based my decision to buy a house on that information - it's worth over 50% more than what I paid for it.Brokaw's report got most of it wrong, or incomplete. If I'd based my decision on that, I'd probably still be paying for rent without gaining any equity. And now I'd be priced out of the market.Five and six hours after your posts, but I hope you pick up my message.
danskoSep 15, 2007
This sucks. I digg if I like the title of the story.<a class="user" href="http://www.colehaanshoes.us">http://www.colehaanshoes.us</a>
carlosheitzerOct 24, 2007
pura mierda tu wea
pinina73Nov 18, 2007
I can't believe digg has been banning the regulars lately because of their digging habits.
trenduinNov 27, 2007
Wow, I just signed up for Digg and I guess it's a good thing that I happened across this article. I was planning on using the same method of Digging and then reading when I had more time. Personally, I think that this banning thing is rather bad for business. I mean does eBay ban people for posting too many auctions? If a site offers a great feature, like "diggin" which is what this site is really about, then why would they ban people for using that feature too much? I'm sorry but most of us do have lives, and we can't keep all of the articles open until we have had time to read them, or if we can't read them until we get home, or on a different computer. I don't think this plan was thought out too much before it was implemented. If they're so worried about automated diggs, then they should just add the image code before you can digg an article. Guess that makes too much sense.
jk2365Jan 17, 2008
That sounds flawed to me, I often open stories in new tabs and read them altogether.
batemanpatrickJan 25, 2008
I just started using digg, and i too occasionally use it to digg stories that i want to read in depth at a later time...good thing i read this article before i started developing bad habits...digg is still a cool place to find interesting articles in my opinion, but its a shame that the structure of the system is a bit shaky
presleyekFeb 13, 2008
I think it's a great idea
cutiegadgetMar 25, 2008
Well, that's bad... I just usually want to "help" by digging the good info in the first page even I don't visit that page,,
cristianc86Apr 29, 2008
I have no idea of how this works, please someone helpme, I just wnat earn money. my email adress is cristianc86@gmail.comThanks!!
pjvpablo78May 27, 2008
Very good...
koo1234Aug 13, 2008
I Like this.
envirochemOct 1, 2008
I see both the pros and cons to this policy. In general, right now I think the pros of this policy outweigh the cons due to the political season. There is way too much politically motivated gaming of the system right now. Maybe the policy could be relaxed after the election. Also maybe Digg could add a button to flag articles for later reading, which resolve what seems to be the biggest issue users have with this policy.
anyupDec 13, 2008
yes that is a good idear