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  • joestump, on 04/01/2008, -14/+420Technically, it's a random math symbol. I'm undecided if infinity or sum is my favorite.
  • LewP, on 04/01/2008, -53/+4I just got a check mark..lmao
    • ziptnf, on 04/01/2008, -2/+51Don't know what a square root is?
    • inigomntoya, on 04/01/2008, -1/+36Yes Ralphy, yes you did...
    • ufia, on 04/01/2008, -0/+19All I got was a lousy t-shirt.
    • scoetrain, on 04/01/2008, -6/+3You laughed your ass off because it showed a check mark instead of a number?? Go ahead and bury me, but this is the lamest April Fools prank ever.
      • forgiste, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1It's not a check mark. it's the Square Root symbol.
    • ndesantis, on 04/01/2008, -1/+12"lmao"... more like "lamo"
    • JusticeFriend, on 04/02/2008, -3/+6............................................________
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      .............................,.-”...................................“-.,
      .........................,/...............................................”:,
      .....................,?......................................................,
      .................../...........................................................,}
      ................./......................................................,:`^`..}
      .............../...................................................,:”........./
      ..............?.....__.........................................:`.........../
      ............./__.(.....“~-,_..............................,:`........../
      .........../(_....”~,_........“~,_....................,:`........_/
      ..........{.._$;_......”=,_.......“-,_.......,.-~-,},.~”;/....}
      ...........((.....*~_.......”=-._......“;,,./`..../”............../
      ...,,,___.`~,......“~.,....................`.....}............../
      ............(....`=-,,.......`........................(......;_,,-”
      ............/.`~,......`-...................................../
      .............`~.*-,.....................................|,./.....,__
      ,,_..........}.>-._...................................|..............`=~-,
      .....`=~-,__......`,.................................
      ...................`=~-,,.,...............................
      ................................`:,,...........................`..............__
      .....................................`=-,...................,%`>--==``
      ........................................_..........._,-%.......`
      ...................................,
  • sdrawkcabton88, on 04/01/2008, -28/+1003in all honesty, they could do better :/
    • LiquidIse, on 04/01/2008, -4/+211Mr.BabyMan's submission / shout buttons redirect him to rickroll?
      • JanYpe, on 04/01/2008, -0/+38Or maybe goatse
      • Soave, on 04/02/2008, -0/+5Or maybe something that tells him to get off his computer for a day.
    • beargrylls, on 04/01/2008, -5/+20But... but... instead of numbers there's a SYMBOL! Get it?!

      I was hoping they'd add the XKCD section for the day.
      • sephiroth965, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2But XKCD redirects to QC today.
    • TnTBass, on 04/01/2008, -2/+10I actually thought it was an error, not an April fools day joke.
      *shrug* I'll laugh later.
    • cyranthus, on 04/01/2008, -8/+16seriously, is the best digg can think of? ***** weak.
    • MacTyler, on 04/01/2008, -18/+2People are making a big discovery as to the meanings of these symbols here http://digg.com/tech_news/The_Real_Digg_April_Fool ...
    • Cowboy1015, on 04/01/2008, -1/+17Seriously... So LAME!
      who ever thought of this must be bored or he/she is boring.
    • jloutey, on 04/01/2008, -3/+8I for one really appreciate this! I'm tired of reading fake news... THAT has been done before.
    • ichunxo, on 04/01/2008, -1/+7Is the 12k+ diggs a random numerical symbol? Cause I don't know why this would get that many diggs otherwise.
    • kittnerrules, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2What exactly did you have in mind?
    • Spudster, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Remember 09 F9? It's pretty tough to ***** with a site that is entirely user driven without directly violating the unwritten agreement to not ***** with the number of Diggs an article gets.
    • kevinwiz, on 04/02/2008, -0/+3agreed, this isn't that cool. not 21000 diggs cool
      • TenebrousX, on 04/02/2008, -0/+6everyone dugg just to see it happen
        • gameforge, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Exactly... I'll bet a lot of readers who don't even have accounts created one just to see this.
    • AlxRymnd914, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1http://youtube.com/watch?v=UkgEes4--Yc
    • darkciti2, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1I see what you did there.
    • goodkidyo, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2I don't believe it
      (Screenshot) http://tinyurl.com/37j96j

    • brophdawg11, on 04/02/2008, -0/+0In all honesty, you suck at life. Seriously. That was not april fools... that was for real.
    • celkin, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1This article is second only to 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 for most diggs in the past year...so far.
    • sevenmania, on 04/28/2008, -0/+0http://www.squidoo.com/cheapstrollers
  • Eshestun, on 04/01/2008, -3/+90at 37 diggs, i got a ±
    Let's see if there's a correlation or if it really is random.
    • chrisbarr, on 04/01/2008, -2/+9I got the same symbol at 539 diggs, so it may be at random after all.
      • ostracize, on 04/01/2008, -0/+17Or you could just be making us an april fool.

        (April 1: Trust no one)
      • crazyhorse13, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1I got the same symbol at 15K, so I'll guess it's random.
      • scottfarner, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3If you divide 539 by 37 you get 14.567567567567567...
        Still think it's random???
      • CYR1X, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1What's the most digged article ever? I bet this probably beats it.
        • grumpyrain, on 04/02/2008, -0/+3Not 100% sure, but my wild stab is that the subject started with '09'
      • JasonHaley, on 04/02/2008, -0/+120 198 I got it.
    • MCBAIKO, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2At 1055 I got an i
      • sbluetruck, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2soo many diggs... it can't be real!
    • TnTBass, on 04/01/2008, -2/+1I got it on this article at 1000+ diggs. It may have more to do with the title?
    • houndeyex, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1I had 3000something. ∑
    • JoWiGo, on 04/01/2008, -0/+13597 and I go a "not equal to" (= with a slash)
      • sbluetruck, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2≠
        for all of those still recovering from their rick roll's
    • Akaji, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Sigma @ 6601
    • sbluetruck, on 04/01/2008, -0/+8what's the square root of a digg?
    • mcfly99, on 04/01/2008, -0/+14...i got a rock
    • doshindude, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1at 16K I got ±
    • phort99, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2∞ diggs.. at 16k it may as well be infinity.
    • Emelius, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1At 15k I got a sqrt symbol
    • J3EBS, on 04/01/2008, -0/+116,190 diggs, I got ±
    • midgetsanchez, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Yea i got the same thing at 22,801 diggs.
    • Pillage, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2I got ∞ . I guess it can't be dugg anymore....
  • ravamp3, on 04/01/2008, -9/+328i hate to be the one to say this, but eh...that's it?
    • Oracle24666, on 04/01/2008, -11/+2I think you should get a random character in place of your lousy digg number
    • IEatHamburgers, on 04/01/2008, -1/+30They could've made a fake blog post saying they've sold out to Microsoft for $310 million, but because many Diggers don't RTFA or think they would probably revolt and Digg would lose half its audience. The rest of us would be better off without them, but Digg wouldn't be worth as much.
    • megamod, on 04/01/2008, -0/+4So many people are digging this article just to see if it's true that I wouldn't be surprised to see it with a crapload of diggs even if it wasn't true. Maybe that's what they were going for. If you think it in those terms it's kinda entertaining how many diggs this random little digg aritcle got.
    • Ganja420, on 04/01/2008, -2/+3For now on ALL april fools jokes should result in a rick roll
    • HanSolo69, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Well rest easy, because a couple comments up somebody already beat you to it. Now you're *that* guy.
    • brkhobowriter, on 04/02/2008, -0/+0What happens when Kevin Rose diggs the story?
    • tas08, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Look, cut them some slack, they're probably just busy working on fixing the comment system.
    • sinisterouge, on 04/02/2008, -1/+2you weren't, sdrawkcabton88 was
    • jc7012, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1that's what she said?
  • DiggLive, on 04/01/2008, -5/+134I got √. I think they had a short joke last night where people got the message "The force is with you" when trying to comment. That was really annoying.
    • GothAlice, on 04/01/2008, -3/+22That actually really ***** me off. Sure, ***** up dig counts with symbols is cool and all, but at least it doesn't DISABLE FUNCTIONALITY.
    • Hoogs, on 04/01/2008, -1/+50So that was supposed to be a joke then? I was so annoyed by that last night, and really frustrated. What a lame prank.
    • RockStrongo1, on 04/01/2008, -7/+2Agreed. I got the same thing last night and knew it was April fools *****. Super lame though.. why not flip the images on the site or something instead of breaking functionality. Kevin is asking for a pimp slap for that one, and I am the kinda guy that likes to give people what they ask for.
    • joestump, on 04/01/2008, -0/+16Unfortunately that was a bug. A one character bug. We're adding extra monitoring to make sure our normal usage patterns are always present. If they aren't we'll get paged (e.g. If nobody Diggs a story for 5 minutes we know something is wrong).
      • DiggLive, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Hah, the timing of it makes it funny and ironic.
    • yacks, on 04/01/2008, -3/+21Actually that "the force is with you" is NOT an April Fool's Day Joke.. I've got that plenty of times before.. Especially when I rapid fire comments on a story.
      • crawf061, on 04/01/2008, -0/+11It happened to me last night when I was trying to make my first comment of the night... certainly not a rapid fire situation
    • scy1192, on 04/01/2008, -1/+7that usually just happens when you comment too fast
      • RevoFM, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2Thanks, I never would have guessed(!)!
    • digjam, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2I have seen that happen for a long time...if you put in comments too soon....
    • Bukowsky, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1ah... that ***** was ***** me off!
      I hope that you they at least got a good laugh out of it in the digg office...
    • LadiesMan0217, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1I don't believe that was part of a joke. They had rebooted several servers right before that was happening. I suspect they were trying to fix something.
  • notque, on 04/01/2008, -3/+26I got ÷
  • LiquidIse, on 04/01/2008, -7/+5at 62 I got ±
    • Ryan0617, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Likewise
    • rrbest, on 04/01/2008, -0/+9at 62 I got cancer
      • kittnerrules, on 04/01/2008, -2/+2lol nice
      • gpcprog, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2Not to discriminate against the elderly, but I thought Digg's users are generally younger than that.
    • vstro24, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2at about 20000 i got ± i dont think it has to do with diggs... its just random
  • likwidtek, on 04/01/2008, -4/+564I got the symbol formally know as prince.. :(
  • macgyber, on 04/01/2008, -16/+9Have they admitted that Revision3 being taken over by Fox news was a hoax yet?
    • ZeNiTH456, on 04/01/2008, -0/+19Shortly after they said that on the diggnation video they said it was a joke.
  • youdlike2know, on 04/01/2008, -1/+28√
  • daxsymbiont, on 04/01/2008, -3/+1awesome., n1.
  • rudy23, on 04/01/2008, -14/+8i wish they spent their time fixing the comment system first.
    • timewarp424, on 04/01/2008, -1/+10The problem with saying digg buzz comments or words is that you have to say them when they're still popular... Maybe you should spend your time building a time machine, go back a few months, and then say that comment. Probably would be more well received.
  • DevinOlsen, on 04/01/2008, -3/+9I got ¡ at 135 Diggs.
  • christopheles, on 04/01/2008, -2/+19≠
    • Idiggg, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1≠ for me too. meh! its probably random but certainly not unique.
  • freakgd, on 04/01/2008, -16/+8APRIL FOOLS.
  • PabloIV, on 04/01/2008, -2/+29I've been getting random italized or Bold pages since noon as well
    • expert01, on 04/01/2008, -0/+5That happened last night to me.
    • RevoFM, on 04/01/2008, -1/+5Soon you will experience the RickRoll, a common side effect.
  • whiterice0, on 04/01/2008, -31/+2Digg is becoming more irrelevant with each passing day. Just look at the front page any given day.
    • ravamp3, on 04/01/2008, -2/+7leave.
    • AvidPreatorian, on 04/01/2008, -2/+7looks like your comment is -6 irrelevant and counting
      • whiterice0, on 04/01/2008, -2/+2I would have expected that. It's the people visiting (or not visiting) and posting on Digg that makes it irrelevant.
    • IareKEVLAR, on 04/01/2008, -4/+2Your ass is becoming more and more irrelevant every day. Just look at the front page on any given day.
  • stevenbrown, on 04/01/2008, -1/+16¿
  • ELLIS1128, on 04/01/2008, -7/+192infinite diggs? EPIC WIN
    • jkleinfeld, on 04/01/2008, -4/+4ellis how could you think of something that funny
  • youdlike2know, on 04/01/2008, -0/+10¿
    • twishart, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Yeah, me too. over 12k diggs at this point.
  • Oracle24666, on 04/01/2008, -8/+2Uh gee, random charcters, funny. Follow the bouncing ball, heh heh.
  • tacojohn48, on 04/01/2008, -3/+759So how many people dugg this story just to see if it was true?
  • grodrigu, on 04/01/2008, -0/+9I was wondering why my digg got the infinity symbol
    • sinisterouge, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1keep refreshing the page, its getting diggs at least one every second....somethings fishy
  • tbryant87, on 04/01/2008, -1/+10Upside down question mark for me?
  • Nomad83, on 04/01/2008, -6/+1"¡" What the heck is that?
  • Stormshark, on 04/01/2008, -5/+0Upsidown question mark here at 279, ¿ Holy crap, I actually remembered the number for it.. 168
  • eManX01, on 04/01/2008, -4/+18I got the Bat Signal.
    April Fool's
  • reqage, on 04/01/2008, -0/+8Got me a Sigma.
  • lilianatota, on 04/01/2008, -0/+22I got pie.
    • wupike, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3yum.
    • Idiggg, on 04/01/2008, -1/+3you are lying
    • eaterofpies, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2damn it, now i'm hungry.
    • VgRasta, on 04/01/2008, -1/+3I got cake.
      • darlingt, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3Unless I'm mistaken, you expected something else to be here. Meta-humor FTW!
      • fhornplayer, on 04/02/2008, -0/+3Dear person who is thinking about saying it,
        Please don't. Really.
        Sincerely,
        Digg
      • danthemanhan, on 04/02/2008, -0/+3nnnnggg.... must resist.... cake related humor!! nnnnnnnnngggggg!!!!!!aarg! ITS A LIE!!!
    • beauTL, on 04/02/2008, -0/+3The π is a lie.
    • danthemanhan, on 04/02/2008, -0/+2I'm so weak.
  • insanebrain, on 04/01/2008, -0/+13I got 323 at 323 .. . o . . wait. .
  • markgl, on 04/01/2008, -0/+32∞
  • acdcfanbill, on 04/01/2008, -0/+8I submitted a comment and digg told me I found the solution to NP-Complete problems...
    • whiterice0, on 04/01/2008, -11/+2Did you know that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior? Did you know, for instance, that "the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength"? Did you know that God so loved the world (that's you) that He sent Christ as a living sacrifice so that who ever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life? Did you know the pain you feel wasn't brought into your life by God, but by satan, and you can be free of it by accepting Christ as your savior -- that in fact, you can live life more abundantly and joyfully? God loves you with a perfect love. Not like that of people, but an unconditional love. He asks that you draw near to Him so that He can draw near to you. Let down your guard and talk to Him. Don't allow yourself to be lied to by the enemy any longer. You've lived without a relationship with God long enough.
      • scottgr, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2You're late. Zombie day was over a week ago. If horror films taught me anything its if something rises from the dead after three days you hit it with a shovel.
      • talonstriker, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2Cut the ***** and give me the proof.
      • acdcfanbill, on 04/02/2008, -1/+1I am an atheist but I think it's cute when you overly religious types jump to conclusions. While I support your right to believe in whatever fairy tales you wish to believe in, I do ask that you occasionally inform yourself about your own religion. I do this only to help you from making an ass out of yourself. Please read the following article.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_St._Peter
        • whiterice0, on 04/02/2008, -2/+2I'm well aware that Catholic tradition has Peter being crucifide upside down. But that cross has no bearing on my salvation. The upside down cross is also a symbol often associated with Satanism. Which, considering the pentagram on your site, is exactly where you seemed to have your convictions. At any rate, I've offered you the truth. It's up to the Holy Spirit to soften your heart and bring you to your Lord. God bless.
        • Spykie182, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1Zombies just seem like bots online. I'm agnostic, and he's just a tool. You don't see many other religions forcing themselves on people like that.
  • Pitstopper, on 04/01/2008, -0/+23April1 is a good time to release any Beta version!!!
  • jeffsback2223, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2Gah! I thought it was some kind of glitch. Great April Fools day joke. Way to go Digg :) anyway I got myself the "√" sign.
  • parkskier426, on 04/01/2008, -0/+25∞ ... must be a popular story
  • politechaos, on 04/01/2008, -1/+52I got a rock.
  • cannonball, on 04/01/2008, -0/+74I got the middle finger, what gives?
  • SpookyDIGG, on 04/01/2008, -1/+13∑

    This is mine
  • Idiggg, on 04/01/2008, -6/+1This whole thing is a big joke.
  • fani, on 04/01/2008, -0/+10∞ is what I got and all comments are in italics now
  • pacdude, on 04/01/2008, -6/+1Amazing.
    • groverblue, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1simple amazing, amazing num..er.. symbols
  • neko6, on 04/01/2008, -4/+8Am I the only one who only dugg this story to see if they get anything? :P
  • wiiwillrockyou, on 04/01/2008, -1/+2I got +/- diggs and i tried clicking + diggs but it didn't do anything....im not digging any more stories today
  • musicfreak87, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2dammit digg. give me the square root symbol
  • alexdemers, on 04/01/2008, -0/+16+

    How lame is that?
  • surfacewound, on 04/01/2008, -2/+21"Is it bad that I have dreams about Digg?"

    Yes.
  • KraftDinner101, on 04/01/2008, -0/+56This story is probably going to get the most diggs, just from people wanting to test it out.
    • Jeffiner25, on 04/01/2008, -0/+6That's why I dugg it....
    • driftwood07, on 04/02/2008, -0/+1i think thats the whole point of it . its obvioulsy not a good april fools joke but its getting massive diggs just so people can see a character , genius really .
  • GothAlice, on 04/01/2008, -0/+7≠
  • EyeHeartDignatn, on 04/01/2008, -2/+6i got i as in the square root of -1
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