What is Digg?321 Comments
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -7/+581I have paid nearly zero attention to this whole whiner brigade crap, but this is pretty funny *****. Dugg for sheer ***** you power...
- canewediggit, on 01/26/2008, -10/+416you, sir, have big brass colbertesque cajones. dugg.
more seriously- it looks exactly like digg on any other day. minus the current scientology throw-down which would be there anyways and is a temporary aberration. - geoken, on 01/26/2008, -5/+369I'm pretty sure 98% of the stuff they submit and get to the front page either
a) Gets submitted by other people but never makes it
or
b) Is about to get submitted by other people, but they choose not to because the dup detector shows them the exact same story
Either way, the exact same stuff would end up being submitted and dugg. - Hortnon, on 01/26/2008, -9/+350It's funny that these users think new people won't take their spots if they leave. Or that the effect will last more than a few hours.
They need to grow up and get over themselves. - fkr3, on 01/26/2008, -21/+316OMG IT'S TOTALLY RUINED BRING THEM BACK!!!!!!!!!!
- crushfan, on 01/26/2008, -10/+295Someone call the WHAAAAMBULANCEE!
- Sun.Surfin, on 01/26/2008, -2/+243I honestly said to a friend the other day that I wish Digg had a filter so I could have a homepage without the 'elite' users for a few days. I didn't have a problem with them until I started to see what was really going on. I'm sick of seeing stories in the upcoming section and digging them, only to have MrBabyMan come along and resubmit with the exact same URL/ Title/ Description and quickly surpass them. It's absolutely ridiculous. What makes you think you're such an asset to Digg? Are you honestly so arrogant that you can't imagine Digg surviving without you?
Ah, imagine a filter just for the elite, so we could all turn them off like many do with the Apple filter come keynote time... - Oomsoup, on 01/26/2008, -2/+176I'm not exactly sure why anyone would care about being a "top submitter" on Digg anyway. What does it get you? Fame, money, friends, job experience...?
Why is it even a big deal at all? I'm being serious if someone knows and wants to explain. Maybe I'm missing something. - Lixie, on 01/26/2008, -2/+138A small elite group of diggers complained because the changes made it harder for a small elite group of diggers to get to the front page. Their self-interest is not in my interest so I decline support.
- Malarie, on 01/26/2008, -2/+135Wow... Super star diggers? lol nothing can surprise me anymore. This is so fuking ridiculous. Nobody cares if you are a super-mega-popular digger. Really. no one gives a *****.
- CheeseburgerBro, on 01/26/2008, -2/+112My submissions never become popular, despite the fact that they clearly rock. I DEMAND REGIME CHANGE!
- fkr3, on 01/26/2008, -3/+111http://muhammadsaleem.com/
http://thedrilldown.com/
They built revenue streams around their digg popularity then cried when digg reminded them that they're just as irrelevant as any of us individually compared to all the other users. - synthox, on 01/27/2008, -7/+112Remove mrbabyman, msaleem, digidave, and zaibatsu from your friends list if you have them friended. If you see stories submitted by them do not digg them. Turn the "revolt" to a active boycott of these users.
- masterc, on 01/27/2008, -4/+100The only reason why they love Digg is because it helps fill their pockets with money.
- rhylan, on 01/26/2008, -5/+101Its gets you laid my friend - honestly women just used to ignore me but now I tell them I'm a regular Digg user I just cant get them to leave me alone...
- estacado, on 01/26/2008, -3/+91Why did they cancel their decision to boycott digg?
- cadmiumpaint, on 01/26/2008, -3/+89anyone who really cares about being a "top digger" is basically a loser. Go outside of your house and make some real friends.
- Daniel591992, on 01/26/2008, -4/+86They need to get a life:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_babyman/2119571733 ... - inactive, on 01/26/2008, -8/+87Or c) is from sites that pay them to get their site on Digg, and is pure crap anyway, and therefore won't be missed.
- inactive, on 01/27/2008, -4/+83Seriously, if you want to see the extent of the self-righteous elitist attitude, just take a look at mrsaleem's blog. These pricks think that digg wouldn't be able to work without them.
Yes, i'm SURE digg would collapse if you and your circle-jerk buddies weren't here to submit content that has already been submitted by someone else anyways...
Seriously, I can't believe Kevin and Jay actually took time to coddle them during their bitch-fest-boycott. If I were them, I wouldn't treat them any different than any other user. These ***** don't deserve the time of day from digg managment... - otatop, on 01/26/2008, -7/+85Because Kevin and Jay were like "Pweeease don't leave" giving them exactly what they wanted.
- bukiyou, on 01/27/2008, -0/+68"frustrated by what we saw as a move to suppress the top contributors to the site and penalize them for their popularity..."
wow. I did not know it was possible for anyone to say that and really mean it.
thank you for the links. - DarkDx, on 01/27/2008, -7/+69Ok. Now get out that dick from your mouth.
- DaffyDuck, on 01/27/2008, -1/+62Dude, there are probably at least 5 copies of every story posted. Theirs just happen to be the ones that make it to the front because they have their buddies digg them. If they leave, others will just fill in the space.
- inactive, on 01/26/2008, -8/+67For some, it IS a job. Not a good job, mind you, but it is their job. They stupidly chose to choose a career path that is 100% dependent on an outside thing (in this case Digg) to make money. That is why they were so upset last week. They are seeing their income dry up big time. And they have no idea what they are going to do for a living because they ***** up their resume and have no job skills.
- JoshuaH, on 01/26/2008, -3/+61How about a whaa burger and some french cries.
- Brad324, on 01/27/2008, -2/+57I tell them "you know what? I once had a comment on digg that was +550." Then they lustfully lunge their breasts into my face. That's what charm does, my babies.
- ZenMojo, on 01/26/2008, -0/+49I completely stopped sending stuff up because somebody else already had, and even when they hadn't, someone else got dugg up faster.
Trust me, there's 300 people out there waiting to digg up the stuff they'll leave behind when they're gone. - theright, on 01/27/2008, -10/+54***** MRBABYMAN, MSALEEM AND ZAIBATSU!
- chaosium, on 01/26/2008, -21/+64A site with a million or so users is WORTHLESS without the five thousand most shrill and intolerable ones missing.
WORTHLESS!
Go to Reddit, conspiracists, paultards, schizophrenics, scientologists, anti-vaccination/fluoridation (already covered in the schizoid section, but worth repeating) idiots, you're not welcome here. - ChiRolla, on 01/26/2008, -4/+47Oh hey, look at that! Front page!
- Poochyfud, on 01/27/2008, -8/+51I can't tell you how sick I am of the scientology links. At some point yesterday the TOP 8 in the recent section were all about it.
- StanStutter, on 01/27/2008, -2/+44Elite? I've never referred to them as that. I've always called them link dumpers. They post links from their rss feeds. I don't think they even read them. What's so elite about that?
- xpankrat, on 01/26/2008, -2/+42Actually, this is not a bad idea for a feature right here on digg itself -- to be able to automatically bury/hide stories if the submitter is on a "blacklist".
I know I would use this and you can probably guess who'd take first few honorary spots on the list :) - DarkDx, on 01/27/2008, -2/+42Ad revenue + they get paid for some sites to get their content to the front page.
- amoirae, on 01/27/2008, -3/+43Yeah, a virtual handjob.
- j4200, on 01/27/2008, -2/+42Wow it is really amazing how poorly written those blogs are.
"we immediately created a google group [...] and try to come up with possible solutions to the problem.being a bit of a fire-starter myself, i proposed that we immediately rally the troops and boycott digg until our demands (at that point undetermined) were met and our concerns (at that point a work in progress) resolved. at the end, however, andy’s diplomatic nature and good judgment prevailed - at least for a few hours."
He write english good. - hierophantus, on 01/27/2008, -1/+38Isn't it amazing that their stories ALWAYS get to the front page? I'm in awe that they're able to pick out exactly those articles that everyone is interested in, and with no help whatsoever, but solely on the merits of their awesome story-picking skill, watch their offerings rise to the top in a pure meritocracy. So beautiful, it brings a tear to my eye.
- sfacets, on 01/26/2008, -1/+36Hear hear!
- charlie55, on 01/27/2008, -3/+38this is embarrassing. people actually care about whether their stories are promoted? why?
top users think they are valuable to the community? why? digg is about stories, based on merit, never people.
man, the reasons people will give for why they matter can be absurd sometimes. - estvir, on 01/26/2008, -6/+40What a loser.
- vocalyouth, on 01/27/2008, -1/+32I have had more than one story that I have submitted first make it to the front page by a "Power User". It's frustrating. I mean, I don't care THAT much, it's just the point that I'm sure it's happened to a lot of us and maybe the new changes to the algorithm give people like me more of a chance to move up the ranks.
- cuevas4711, on 01/26/2008, -1/+32how do those top diggers make money anyways?
- hipnerd, on 01/27/2008, -2/+32If they leave, the content changes minimally. Evey story has a dozen dupes. If Saleems disappeared, we'd all just digg the next guys. The system is supposed to be democratic. Superusers who push stories via friends networks disrupt the process, not enhance it.
- honus, on 01/26/2008, -0/+30This is quite hilarious. Insult to injury.
- theodenking, on 01/27/2008, -2/+32Until I get out my +670 that is.
- inactive, on 01/27/2008, -6/+36I was working third shift during all that teacher porn stuff, and the teacher porn case was actually happening in my hometown so I submitted several stories about it. I would submit the local paper story at 5am when it was first published and it would get a small amount of diggs. A few hours later on someone would submit a blogspam version that linked to the article from my local paper and that would be a top story.
The people who care more about being the one who submitted the frontpager than the actual news are not good for digg. Maybe they should limit how many stories each account can submit each day. - mattcoady, on 01/27/2008, -1/+31Let them bitch and moan all they want. I'd love to see them just get up and go. I'm starting to think of this less of a socially driven news sites and more of the private blog of mrbabyman, msaleem, digidave, and zaibatsu. Who knows, maybe one of us could actually get to the front page now. In the long run, it's better to please the millions of users if it means upsetting four. If they've got a little sand in their vagina's about this whole change, go to AOL. Digg will be back in the hands of the masses again.
- bobrice830, on 01/27/2008, -2/+32Looks like someone has a case of the cryabetes.
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