What is Digg?18 Comments
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4UserSubmitter.com story
http://phillmidwinter.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/first-release-of-anti-usersubmittercom-application/ - StopTheLie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Wahsehla, it is my website and article. Rather than speculate on all the questions I had, I figured it would be easiest to just spend a few bucks and see what happened.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2they're fairly easy to spot when you start analysing the statistical data
- ericksoncl23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Interesting..
- StopTheLie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4My thoughts on the matter: It seems the easiest way to catch "pay for digg" stories would be to simply have people sign up as "paid diggers" and then report the stories they've been asked to digg. So at this point, we'll assume there is an easy way to catch a manipulated story. The problem is what to do about it.
Let’s say a policy is enacted to punish those who've paid to have their stories "boosted" in the digg system. I don't know; maybe their URL is forever blocked. What is to stop those who don't like a particular site (Let’s say they don’t like LittleGreenFootballs) from submitting a littlegreenfootballs URL to a “pay to digg site” with the intention of getting it knocked out of the system?
Also, I’m interested to see what the ultimate result (user response) is to knowing a story has been “boosted.” It seems to me most people will still respond the way they normally would to a story (digg or bury) and the “revelation” it has been boosted will have little affect on most.
A thought: Digg might consider a “Pay per placement” section. This would cut out the middle man, allow those willing to pay to get their stories seen to do so, provide a new source of revenue, and hopefully reduce ONE of the current problems they face with people “manipulating the system.” - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3like your thinking
- StopTheLie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Thanks. Side note: I sent you an email regarding "surrch."
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2aren't you from usersubmitter.com and trying to discredit me?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2actually i believe the point is to stop their articles being promoted.
your point however is to try and dissuade me. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@stopthelie, I enjoyed your post, and dugg it.
I didn't think it was satire at all, in fact I really believe that "George Bush is the embodiment of freedom". ( What did you expect from someone who calls himself "The Governator" :-) - Anvilman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2this is right, everyone bury this spam, User/Submitter
- StopTheLie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3How many (if any) of the diggs the story has gotten to this point are legitimate? -can you tell that?
- thefat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@stopthelie: GTFO, your a scum bag. If you want to advertise your crappy blog pay digg to do it through advertising. It would probably be cheaper...
This guy is actually saying digg needs a spam section. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The problem is some sites claim that they will pick random stories so you could be burying an innocent story.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1i see, well whatever, i aint trying to dissuade you, infact my first point was towards stopthelie. Thank you
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1isn't this your website?
- StopTheLie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Good Point blacklce09 (regarding detection.) “Pay to digg” sites could easily throw in "real stories" to make policing more difficult.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0discredit you of what? we all know about usersubmitter but its pointless coming to all of their usersubmitted sites.
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