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johnchow.com — As Digg grows and becomes more influential, it will attract more and more people who will try to profit off it. There are Digg clubs, Digg trading and now Pay Per Digg, where users are pay to digg a story.
Crest444- 470 diggs
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- Elektriq, on 10/12/2007, -62/+8They better be banning those people too, because my website got on the banned list for no reason... (elektriq.com). Oh and when I contact the Digg customer service they're not responding.
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25the only posts i've seen from you were to the effect of "wah i can't link to my site from digg.. waaaaaah"
get over it. - i440, on 10/12/2007, -18/+3As a digger of perhaps a record-breaking number of stories on Digg, I expect to be handsomely paid, and soon.
- PowerCow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"because my website got on the banned list for no reason"
it says it was reported by users.. they have a reason..
digg doesnt own you traffic,
this site is free and with free you should expect customer support to not be as expedicious as a service you pay for.
I see you posted somehthing from you site a week ago.. so you couldnt have been banned for long. Chill and maybe they will get back to you. - jriley101, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1Get Paid the Proper Way for Digging : http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Get_Paid_To_DIGG_The_Proper_Way
Digg that story. - raindogmx, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3Why is Elektriq's site banned? It looks like a fine one.
Talking about it here is somewhat off-topic, though. - OoSvGoO, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1i digg pretty much any thing i see might as well just get paid for it :)
- nullmind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They will just make a crawler that craws their site and checks for the stories submitted to be dugg, and ban those users.
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25the only posts i've seen from you were to the effect of "wah i can't link to my site from digg.. waaaaaah"
- jriley101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7This sort of thing existed through different groups like http://www.friendlyvote.com. Hint, just use any referral email to join. See it for yourself.
- Persol, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1'Friendly' linking worries me more than .50 cents for 5 diggs.
.50 cents isn't much motivation without bots (which are a problem even without payment)
'In turn' linking provides more motivation.
- Persol, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1'Friendly' linking worries me more than .50 cents for 5 diggs.
- shaun1018, on 10/12/2007, -19/+3Just ban users that recieve an certain ammount of negative diggs. I think digg can become a self-sustained system as much as everybody hates spam and self-promoting bastards.
- zspade, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18How many Diggs would get you banned exactly then? Should it just count the difference between your positive and negative Diggs, like matter and antimater, and which ever has more is left on top?
I know if you do the ban system a lot of republicans (are there many here?) would get banned simply for stating their views. It's a pretty rigid stance to take, and difficult to defend. A lot of people would be afraid to say what was on their mind for simple fear of getting negative Diggs, and so getting banned. Ah, but at least it would be public opinion doing it, unless say groups began to form and they decided to target certain individuals which they did not agree with. Again, difficult. - netburnr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9I don't know about that shaun, a lot of people get negative diggs for no reason at all.
Like a couple days ago, I was pointing out some obvious problems with plug-in hybrids, and I got over -20 diggs on my comments because people didn't want to hear the truth about their so-called eco-freindly cars....
So that means I would get banned for spreading truthiness? That doesn't sound right.
But on the topic of the above story....glad to hear at least no-one is participating, because thats some lame crap right there. - shaun1018, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Perhaps we could give reasons for a negative digg, spam being one of them and ofcourse another one for republicans : ) .
- r2d7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The "pay per digg" model could be adapted to deal with banning for X negative diggs with a "digg these comments too" section.
- PowerCow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6they do ban sites that get constantly buried as spam.
- zspade, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18How many Diggs would get you banned exactly then? Should it just count the difference between your positive and negative Diggs, like matter and antimater, and which ever has more is left on top?
- phlux, on 10/12/2007, -9/+8users should be pay to know grammaticism.
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3looks like someone is a narcissistic grammaticist
- battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1jesus
- MurphusBMaximus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30being payed to digg totally defeats the purpose of digg.com
- jriley101, on 10/12/2007, -16/+2Take a look at this one I've posted and digg it too. "Get Paid to Digg the Proper Way"!
http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Get_Paid_To_DIGG_The_Proper_Way - akinder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It does, but it was bound to happen sooner or later. The best thing that Diggers can do is just try and ignore these types of sites, and hopefully avoid any stories that are obvious getting the bump because someone is being paid to click on it, instead of clicking because they are interested in the story.
- PAJK, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"being payed to digg totally defeats the purpose of digg.com"
Tell that to Calacanis. He doesn't seem to know the point of his own service, digg-clone Netscape.
- jriley101, on 10/12/2007, -16/+2Take a look at this one I've posted and digg it too. "Get Paid to Digg the Proper Way"!
- BenSerwa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's a way for Digg to catch the kind of people who would participate in this kind of cheating, I think.
- vexx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18I got a dollar to bury this story!
- JonBuddy, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Interesting Read. Dugg.
- davidbanner2020, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3And so often I've succumbed to the temptation to do this:
http://digg.com/television/Safe_Sex_Advice_from_a_Gay_Jaded_Reindeer
-- which I know is incorrect, but this whole Digg mania is so enticing -- all that glorious traffic simply from getting to the front page, and so much of what we see there seems so undeserving. It feels like the golden Wonka ticket, getting to Paypal your way there. But I'd never do it -- ultimately, it's the coward's way out . . . and, honestly, it takes the thrill out of it, too . . . when I think of all the near-misses I've had with that glorious front page. *sigh*- battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1"You're gay."
- ZaNkY, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This goes against the Terms of Use, and anyone even PARTICIPATING, let alone buying diggs, will get their accounts banned. PERIOD.
- b7illsmith, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Being paid to digg is not a violation of the Terms of Use.
http://digg.com/tos
The closest to this is #7: to submit stories or comments linking to affiliate programs, multi-level marketing schemes, sites/blogs repurposing existing stories (source hops), or off-topic content;
Digging is neither commenting nor submitting. - hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Aaaaaaah, ha ha ha ha ha. Check out "friendlyvote.com". Without the hope of potential profit, how do you think social sites bring in the crowds? W.C. Fields: "You can't cheat an honest man. He has to have had larceny in his heart in the firstplace." The rules are just for show. The only real reason you get banned is for not being in the right voting block and having the right friends.
- b7illsmith, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Being paid to digg is not a violation of the Terms of Use.
- IvanB, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2The Internet is Serious Business.
- meshgiath, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2*no offense Crest444*
no digg simply because it's johnchow.
the last link to that page was this:
http://digg.com/business_finance/Trading_hours_for_the_dollar
wherein one John Chow tells you that you're a waste for paying 50% tax where his 'company' only pays 17.5%. This person disgusts me. He belittles everyone who is not him for keeping the economy running.
John Chow needs to learn to speak and write proper English before he can belittle me and tell me what to do concerning my taxes in MY country.
Not just that, he's exploring (in this article) a solution to exploit a site I (and you) support. DIGG.COM .
/rant off
Digg me on down ladies - todoby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1all digg has to do is slowlymonitor the site and start banning anyone who pays to get their site listed there, and then nobody will bother.
- lib24, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3I'll digg people down into hell for $$$....
- NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Perhaps a potential solution would be to have a pre front-page buffer, where stories that have been dugg up to the front page are temporarily delayed before they get there, which gives people a chance to bury spam so that it never reaches the front page.
- battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Cool.
We could call it:
"the dugg-out" - lobbster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1thats a great idea, send an email to the people at digg
- battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Cool.
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why would I pay to comment on news that I can read and comment on from the original source?
- battybattybatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Obviously, my sandwich board says:
"I digg for sex.". - mattcampbell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Well, if your paying people to digg your story I guess you miss the whole point of digg. After all people are only going to read the story because it interests them, not because of how many diggs the story has gotten.
- Persnickety, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But if my theory is that it would interest them if they only knew about it.....
- hosiah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Well, I now know user-driven content is on it's way to the toilet. That was a nice trend while it lasted.
I've been to the front page and rode a wave before, and the traffic to the site was nice, but it wasn't something I'd pay any amount of money for. Ads don't make all that. Then seeing the earlier link to "friendly vote" did it. I can't believe there are actual *groups* of people that consider this worthwhile, gaming all the sites. Like a political voting block. Probably the one time I made it to the front page was an "invitation" to join a block (it was a completely random post from months back, too, not that outstanding), but I didn't pick it up and so nothing I do or submit, whether it's mine or not, ever gets picked up again.
If people wonder why I've never clicked the "friend" button on any social site; it's because I want to stay honest. If I said it in a forum, you know that's what I really think and I'm not just in here kissing my buddy's ass to pay them back for some favor they did me. An investment in "traffic futures" on an invisible market is all it's boiling down to.
And then the bot scripts - with all the people saying "how the hell did this crummy story get to the front page?" That's how.
I'm pretty certain of it now: social bookmarking is a pyramid scheme. Must be why nobody figures out a decent algorithm to prevent gaming the sites; because nobody would come if they did that. Real dupe guarding, blocking users from same IP address, setting up the reward system so it doesn't form a feedback loop; these would all be too easily done. But then you don't attract users with the hope of profit. - nickmatina, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1PAYPERDIGG.COM
PAYFORDIGGS.COM
PAYFORDIGG.COM
PAYPERDIG.COM
Purchased. :)
Wonder what I should do with these?- AllenS, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Well, you could always shove them up your ass, that's one idea.
- netburnr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4redirect them to digg.com
- lobbster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7have peace of mind knowing that you waste money
- nickmatina, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1Hey AllenS, yea you, internet tough guy.... you can kiss my ass.
I bought the names for no other reason than that they were available... and it seemed a good idea. Im not planning on doing ANYTHING with them, NOR ARE THEY AN INVESTMENT, and they are also not for sale (cept maybe to Digg).
Is it so that on the internet today, you can only INSULT PEOPLE FIRST and then hope your right?
REALLY, Think before you say stupid *****.
p.s. 90% likelyhood next post will be another dumbass.- wbrinkman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah, hi
You had it coming.
- wbrinkman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Yeah, hi
- WesleyD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm getting sick of this. Yet another good idea lost to the politics and money. I'm sure Digg was good before it got all the hype. Not anymore. Now there's this crap of "pay to digg" which completely ruins the site and the whole idea & concept of Digg. Another things that annoys me are these people that Digg their own site and blogs just to get some attention to it.
Digg is going to become a way of advertising through getting stories to a front page.
No longer will a site be Dugg for being interesting and Digg worthy, but because some people got paid to digg it, even if it's total crap.
If this kind of stuff keeps up Digg is going to worthless for what it was good for.
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