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- bamassippi, on 09/03/2008, -4/+165Oh, the irony of me digging this post.
- MrBabyMan, on 09/03/2008, -14/+172Hee hee hee! This is sooo juicy! C'mon Digg Army, we can figure this out! I wanna see some hard evidence! Feel free to investigate, I know I'm not on the take.
This link might help as far as the percentage ratio goes: http://socialblade.com/digg/topusers.html - Grommy, on 09/03/2008, -5/+136You know, had MrBabyMan not submitted this story himself, these comments would be filled with ***** like "OMG OMG MRBABYSPAM!"
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -2/+99I heard that user is actually Kevin Rose.
Do you know how much the Audi R8 costs? Don't blame him. - shoutspamsucks, on 09/03/2008, -2/+79dugg for the possibility of e-drama!
- PintOfGuinness, on 09/03/2008, -1/+74Don't we get our top stories from reddit?
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -5/+71Sure it isn't Mr. Babyman. Yeah, uh huh.
- CasinoJack, on 09/03/2008, -0/+62Well, if the percentage is correct it'll either be JibberJabber (33.75), Aidenag (33.5) or suxmonkey (34.33). But that's a big IF...Maybe MBM is just trying to very very slowly get rid of the competition...
*puts away robe and wizard hat, gets out Sherlock Holmes costume* - keithdsouza, on 09/03/2008, -0/+53It is actually $1200 and not $1300 as from the article
- jasonnazar, on 09/03/2008, -2/+48i offered that user $1301.00 to get me on Oprah
- web20user, on 09/03/2008, -4/+49I already knew it wasn't babyman when article mentioned that the user says "I have a reputation to withhold"
- Kral, on 09/03/2008, -0/+44MrBabyMan takes a $100 finder's fee.
- KAMiKAZOW, on 09/03/2008, -1/+43Just because he submitted this, it means that he isn't the one?
- themdjunkie, on 09/03/2008, -2/+42I just love how Mr. Babyman was the one to submit this story...
- theandy1, on 09/03/2008, -3/+41Damn, Obama must owe whoever this is a ton of cash.
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -4/+39The submission ratio is hardly the only measure of success with front-paging an article on Digg. That ratio comes from submitting alot of crap along with front-page worthy material, as evidenced by MrBabyMan's record.
- MrBabyMan, on 09/03/2008, -5/+40Why would they incriminate themselves by giving an interview where they reveal their percentages when it'd be so easy to figure out? I know both msaleem or suxmonkey, and both are very business-savvy, but neither are making money from direct submission payola, as far as I know. As character witness, it's not in their nature to do so either. My guess is someone was fudging a little on the ratio to cover their tracks.
- chrisgarrett, on 09/03/2008, -1/+35MrBabyMan you are evil ;) I'm thinking the particular Digg user might have been better keeping the % to himself ;)
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -0/+28Not him , not him , not me , then who the hell ?
And why would someone pay 1300$ for one front page?
It`s not an investment :) - techdever, on 09/03/2008, -1/+29yeah... he's playing the innocent game
- michaelyurechko, on 09/03/2008, -1/+28If you wanted a story on the front page, it would be best to pay off Kevin Rose with his crazy 97% popular ratio.
- exformation, on 09/03/2008, -0/+25Maybe MrBabyMan is trying to be the first on the story so we don't realize it's him!
- Murrabbit, on 09/03/2008, -3/+27Mr.Babyman why did you submit this? We all know that the article is about you.
- badwithcomputer, on 09/03/2008, -7/+30Oh snap! Theres's a story of mine in the screenshot of the Digg front page! It's not me, though...My ratio's been stuck in the mid-20's for a while now.
- norbiu, on 09/03/2008, -0/+23His ratio was like 110% for a while. Looks like it went down to 97%
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -0/+22Commentjack:
I betcha a dollar it's MakiMaki. - bentman78, on 09/03/2008, -7/+28buried because it's mrbabyman.
- juliehardman, on 09/03/2008, -7/+27This is some lame ass attempt to get msaleem or suxmonkey banned! My reason for saying this is that msaleem and suxmonkey are close to 34% and I am pretty sure msaleem is some type of social media consultant. If you click through to the original article it goes to a site that has been banned by digg.
Thats my two cents. - inactive, on 09/03/2008, -1/+21Not quite true - MrBabyMan submits stories already submitted by others, ignores the duplicate warning.
- SmellyGeekBoy, on 09/03/2008, -6/+26One of my stories hit thr front page two days ago thanks to MrBabyMan. I can confirm that I didn't pay him a penny - I was shocked to get 95,000 hits in one day!
(for the record, it was this one:
http://digg.com/gadgets/The_World_s_First_MP3_Play ...
Thanks for that, by the way. - smacksaw, on 09/03/2008, -3/+22I think it's MakiMaki just because I don't believe his whole "I'm just a college kid" routine. I actually made it a point to watch Digg for an entire day, and unless he submits articles 24/7, MakiMaki is not a person, but a group of people. The insidious thing is that particular account looks to be the least corruptible - an excellent disguise.
- inactive, on 09/03/2008, -1/+19You know you're not on the take? Whew, that's a relief. There should be more self-investigation these days. Maybe Bush can investigate himself for his war crimes after he leaves office.
- RUFiO006, on 09/03/2008, -1/+16I'm pretty sure the user is Aidenag.
http://digg.com/users/Aidenag
Joined in early 2006?
Ratio of 33.5%?
Reading his little statement on his page, his style reads similarly to that of the interview. I'd put money on the fact that it's him. - SmellyGeekBoy, on 09/03/2008, -0/+15But I did write it, and I like the attention!
If that was aimed at MrBabyMan, then I have no idea why he, and others like him, do what they do. Maybe just because they can? - gcnaddict, on 09/03/2008, -3/+17I'd venture a guess and say it's MSaleem.
http://acsseo.com/services/
Then again, I tried to point something similar out last month to no avail: http://digg.com/tech_news/***** ... - benologist, on 09/03/2008, -1/+15It comes from adding hundreds of friends you can swap diggs with. Charging money is just cashing in on the larger problem of the "social networking" features being purely to swap diggs and push sub-standard content to the front page.
- CosmicJustice, on 09/03/2008, -2/+15Why do you care about getting a story that you didn't write to the top of a list that you didn't create? I've never understood that.
- javaroast, on 09/03/2008, -0/+12MrBabyMan has higher prices.
- lcmatt, on 09/03/2008, -0/+11The traffic spike will bring in users for probably a couple of hours but how many actually return to the particular website (other than the well known ones that come up).
With Digg users being pro-adblock the revenue can't be all that great either. Unless it's a product you're selling I can't see the benefit. - DaviDaviDaviD, on 09/03/2008, -0/+11Screenshot has a story submitted by Mr.Baby Man, just shows the grip that guy has on this place.
- Virgule, on 09/03/2008, -2/+13Only about 20%? pfff! Are you that bad with computers?
:rimshot:
:P - FUR10N, on 09/03/2008, -1/+11wow, so he's the asshat who's spamming with anti-Palin *****
- BDOUG, on 09/03/2008, -1/+11MBM, the Comic Book Guy of Digg.
- repins, on 09/03/2008, -5/+15It is MakiMaki pro-Obama blog spam for the win
- proliance, on 09/03/2008, -2/+12Damn, and to think I've been paying people just so they wouldn't digg me down.
(btw, the check is in the mail) - RobertShellson, on 09/03/2008, -0/+9That's what I was thinking. It's probably someone with a lower success ratio (I'm guessing somewhere around 24%) who said 34% to throw everyone off. Either way, I really want to know who it is.
- therainmaker, on 09/03/2008, -0/+9I call BS on the 34% and say it was just used to throw people off. There are top diggers on this site that do take money for submissions. While we want to believe Digg is a democratic system, fact is that a few top diggers run this site and a good percentage of the front page content is determined by them. It's basically Slashdot while pretending to be by the users.
I'd go with msaleem or makimaki. If either of them wanted to get a story on the front page they could simply send shouts to all their friends and ensure it is on there in minutes. - abarysh2, on 09/03/2008, -0/+9Yeah we should just start pointing fingers and have the users defend themselves.
- repins, on 09/03/2008, -2/+11MakiMaki pro-Obama blog spam for the win
- sparsely, on 09/03/2008, -2/+10lol @ "I have a reputation to uphold" == "I have a business to run"
***** spammers, ***** ever single one of you. you hold real discussion at ransom for the price of an infomercial.
That includes particularly you, Obamabots. -
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