What is Digg?295 Comments
- arcticblue, on 09/23/2008, -14/+228"User unrest"? I haven't noticed any "user unrest". In fact, Digg has been much better since Z and others got banned (I know they weren't banned for the same things).
- bakkouz, on 09/23/2008, -7/+219"this user has been banned for multiple violations of the Digg Terms of Use over period of time and not just a single incidence."
there you go. so what if he gave digg a billion years of his life? Nobody is above the law or off limits, he had it coming, and the ban was deserved and justified.
End of story.
Thank you Digg management.
Oh, and No, we don't miss "his" content. its not like he created the stories he submitted, rest assured they'll be submitted by someone else. - dawnraid101, on 09/23/2008, -16/+216Ban Mr. BabyMan
- inactive, on 09/23/2008, -11/+198Thank you Digg management.
- marimba, on 09/23/2008, -22/+189Good riddance, take out MBM & msaleem and digg will be a better place.
The drill down is just a front for a group of lame seo spammers. - theexitwound, on 09/23/2008, -18/+163I don't care if I'm being dugg down on this one, but I was sick of seeing his name on the front page.
- SpectreFire, on 09/23/2008, -13/+148Please ban MakiMaki.
- cheapotheclown, on 09/23/2008, -11/+117Why the ***** is MrBabyMan not banned yet?
- mille716, on 09/23/2008, -3/+101I'm sure there were other issues involved. He basically admitted to using scripts in the interview or at least of having a huge portion of his stories FP from people using scripts. The second half of the interview is just filled with his defense of diggers who've used scripts and have been banned. Its hard for me, who's played by the rules of the TOS, to listen to that and feel sympathy.
- thailand1972, on 09/23/2008, -9/+106And this submitted by MakiMaki. Hope you're next, followed by MrBabyMan. You guys get your lackeys to digg up when they're told to, while taking payments from the websites you submit. Sorry guys, but your time is now up.
- Voide, on 09/23/2008, -5/+85Guys, Zaibatsu gamed the system and needs to be punished for it. I'm not sure if he ever admitted to using scripts, but basically gave the Digg community the finger through some of his statements on uStream.
He scoffed and cracked jokes on the uStream video with MrBabyMan about "what the big deal was." He said that the stories that HE CARED ABOUT wouldn't see the front page without gaming the system. "If that's what I have to do..." He said, "Then so be it." He had hundreds of friends that were nothing more then a 'Digg Circle Jerk'.
Say what you will, but some of us come to Digg for content chosen by ALL USERS, not just a select few. - Namco, on 09/23/2008, -3/+79I couldn't give less of a ***** about Zaibatsu and the others hit with the ban stick. One story's about people banning Digg and the next is about poor ol' Zaibatsu. ***** 'em I say, and the whole lot of his ilk too.
- thatsmyaibo, on 09/23/2008, -6/+78I'm just sick of seeing 'top users' on Digg altogether. I believe there would be better content if there was more user diversity.
- DaviDTC, on 09/23/2008, -2/+71So now he is going to "I'm cashing in....I am free to build the company that has been inside me all along." Ya, like he wasn't making money off of digg. Who the hell has an idea that is going to make them money, but instead of doing it they spend their life on digg?
- inactive, on 09/23/2008, -34/+100I would say to give him another chance but if he has been warned many times before I can see why digg decided to ban him. Fair or unfair.
- vault, on 09/23/2008, -8/+73emo much?
- uptown, on 09/23/2008, -20/+76I'm still amazed that anyone keeps track of who submits what on this site, or knows whether someone is a good or bad member of the digg "community". It's not something I ever notice. The way I see it ... digg is just another website with some information on it. 5 or 10 years from now, there'll be something new that everyone has moved onto ... and someone's rank here won't mean squat. Makes me wonder why anyone cares now.
- inspecality, on 09/23/2008, -11/+66Seriously who the ***** cares.
- RadiatedAnt, on 09/23/2008, -1/+54Let the bloodletting begin, digg needs fresh blood anyways...
- AussieFox, on 09/23/2008, -1/+51The only 'unrest' I've heard is "Good riddance", "Finally", "One down, more to go" and "Now ban MrBabyMan"
- inactive, on 09/23/2008, -2/+46or maki maki?
- ShittyPunGuy, on 09/23/2008, -2/+46Breaking character by Quoting Zaibatsu's comment in the blog entry:
"Wow. What a whirlwind this has been.
In the last few days, I've been pissed, upset, saddened, regretful, relieved, excited, and just about every other emotion you could think of. Sometimes I've been all at once.
Digg has been very good to me. It has allowed me to meet some of the best people I now call friends. It forced me to learn more about the world, to get angry at things that are wrong and inspired by things that are right.
With that said, I know that I have been good for Digg.
My greatest contribution is not the 4000+ stories that I've submitted, the 1566 stories that I've put on the front page, or the 30million+ visitors I've sent to various sites across the Internet.
No, my greatest contribution by far is that I helped just about every person who asked for help over the 4 years that I've been here.
New users, old users, I didn't care.
If anyone sent me an IM or an email saying, "Hey Zaibatsu, how do I get better at Digg?" I would help them without question. I've been going through some of my old emails and it amazes me how many there are. I see some current power users who 10 months ago didn't have a clue until they asked me for help. This is my proudest accomplishment on Digg. It isn't the 1566 stories that I've put up as much as the hundreds of users I've helped to reach the front page over the years.
Looking forward, I plan on doing what so many have accused me of for years. Since 2004, I have spent thousands of hours learning Digg, learning social media, making connections, analyzing the ever changing algorithms, and learning what good content looks like. In that time, I have made nothing. Zip. Zero.
Everything changes now. I'm cashing in. Now that I am not hampered by the Digg TOS, I am free to build the company that has been inside me all along.
Details are coming. I have no hard feelings towards Digg, but I can tell you this much. Zaibatsu will be back. "I will not go quietly into the night"
What a ***** loser. - inactive, on 09/23/2008, -2/+46If or When MrBabyMan is Banned
The comments section will be Lulzy.
MrBabyman banned!
Submitted by MrBabyman - zacbro, on 09/23/2008, -0/+38Jesus. A nerd got banned, you're acting like ghandi got into a fatal car wreck with a truck full of puppies.
- scoottie, on 09/23/2008, -0/+38twice if possible
- megamike23, on 09/23/2008, -1/+39Digg is serious business. A top digger can get many articles on the front page. When this happens, the article gets many page views and then gets serious money from ads
- frieddonuts, on 09/23/2008, -16/+53Sounds like a sad Kermit the frog.
- unr8d, on 09/23/2008, -3/+40Hot diggy dog. This means I just jumped up a spot on the ranking system!
- rowlodge, on 09/23/2008, -12/+46my response to this outrage?!...who is he?...
- peterjmag, on 09/23/2008, -2/+37MrBabyMan?
- theL3G4CY, on 09/23/2008, -1/+35@Zaibatsu. you may not have been banned for using scripts so the following will not apply to your circumstance, but the tail end of the interview was a damn rant about how people who were cheating the system should be re-instated because they were devoted to the site. really? people who hack games play a lot as well but i don't want to go up against them because it's not a level playing field. i cannot seriously see your reasoning. imagine a guy picks up a fps, he asks his buddy how he plays so well. simple, use a hack... he may love the game and be devoted as hell but that doesn't excuse the fact that he cheated.
- JAVandiver, on 09/23/2008, -0/+33Do not forget MakiMaki...
- dtele, on 09/23/2008, -1/+33Just the opposite i think.
Digg has MILLIONS of users.
but I see the same dozen on the FP 99% of the time. - cheeseplease, on 09/23/2008, -0/+29I completely agree. In my ideal digg world, users should be able to submit only about three stories per day, and digg about twenty other stories.
This would bring back the initial idea of thousands of members surfing the internet and when they find something cool, let other people share in it by submitting it on digg and discussing it. Today, it just seems like digg has become some sort of factory and most regular users just don't submit anything as they know it won't be read anyway. - Tichondrius74, on 09/23/2008, -4/+31I'm trying to care, but unfortunately i am not able to.
- benologist, on 09/23/2008, -4/+32Digg has been dominated by tools exploiting the site for a long, long time. We and digg are all better off without however many hundreds or thousands of people exploiting the site.
- inactive, on 09/23/2008, -1/+29Ban MakiMaki next!
- javaroast, on 09/23/2008, -0/+27Exactly, multiple TOS violations is what did him in. And since the ban is irreversible, everyone is going to have to get used to the idea that he isn't coming back. Since the ban I've had to listen to the Super Submitter clones and wannabes complaining about others digg "stats", spout off about "quality content", and try to blame everyone but Zaibatsu.
The simple fact is that a growing number of diggers are sick of the same old crap by the same old names monopolizing the front page. They are sick of obvious gaming of digg that has been occurring. And despite what the blind digg brigade and the scripters believe they aren't helping digg they are hurting it and it's starting to show in the sit traffic. - ripple123, on 09/23/2008, -2/+29what a bloody wanker. even now he wont shut the ***** up. he really genuinely believes people give a crap what comes out his moronic, special ed, idiot mouth.
- kingatrock, on 09/23/2008, -3/+29Reading his comment on the page of the story: "My greatest contribution is not the 4000+ stories that I've submitted, the 1566 stories that I've put on the front page, or the 30million+ visitors I've sent to various sites across the Internet." The title of this story should be "Delusional nerd thinks wasting life on a website makes him socially relevant and responsible for success of already popular website."
- AussieFox, on 09/23/2008, -1/+26No, we're not
- IKORKYI, on 09/23/2008, -3/+28i would say ***** him, he's annoyed me for years.
- ripple123, on 09/23/2008, -2/+27yeah ban him all over his face.
- sockpuppets, on 09/23/2008, -0/+24Maybe now he'll go outdoors and discover real life.
- kingatrock, on 09/23/2008, -1/+25unrest? We could give a crap. Nobody cares about some guy getting banned from a site for breaking the rules over and over. Singled out? Nobody friggin cares about this crybaby and his special circumstances (which all the guilty seem to have). Just another day, let's see what other "news" is on digg today.. no more internet nerd drama plz. And lastly all the "time and effort" was essentially for himself and getting his name out there, not for the best of the digg community. Selfish.
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 09/23/2008, -6/+30Agreed. A loser who has no friggin life gets caught after multiple TOS violations and gets banned from the site. Big whoop. Can we get back to discussing the future of our nation?
- zerosixtyseven, on 09/23/2008, -2/+24lol they even made an audio interview about this?
- inactive, on 09/23/2008, -2/+24Good - please can you ban Babyman and Maki Maki
- mickstephenson, on 09/23/2008, -1/+23The best first step would be to remove the shouts (they just offer a tool for spam which submitters otherwise wouldn't have), and perhaps even friends system.
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