Posts Tagged ‘Digg.com’

The Drill Down 025B – RevoltNation, Part 2: Jay and Kevin Respond

On Wednesday January 23rd, a core group of submitters to social bookmarking site Digg.com, represented here by Digg users Andy, Mu, Reg, and David Cohn, collected all their major grievances against Digg and issued them in a statement. We discussed these issues in a live forum, with over 150 Digg users in attendance. In this [...]

 
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The Drill Down 025A – RevoltNation, Part 1: The Issue at Hand

Social bookmarking site Digg.com recently made adjustments to their promotion algorithm that had the net effect of making it exceedingly difficult for frequent and popular submitters to get quality content to the front page of the site. Concerned that these changes would lock out their submissions and effectively kill the incentive to participate in the [...]

 
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The Digg Community’s Concerns With Digg

We, the undersigned (comment to join) are ready to find out if there is more to social bookmarking than Digg. We are going to stop submitting to Digg. The alternatives are plenty – now is the time to venture into new territory. As we organize we will evaluate and find a new space.
When a digital [...]

The Drill Down 020 – I Get the Picture Now

Andy, Mu & Reg discuss Digg’s new features, what may lie in store in Digg’s future, the end of CompUSA, how Apple should spend the cash burning a hole in their pockets, and Reg finally reveals his true identity!
Show notes
Digg: Images and new categories launch tonight
Survey Hints at Future Digg Enhancements
CompUSA Sold, Will Close Stores; [...]

 
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The Drill Down 019 – The Digg Algorithm, Explained

Andy, Reg and Muhammad discuss two of Mu’s blog posts this week, The Economic Idiocy of Blocking Social Media Traffic & It’s The (Other) Algorithm, Stupid! Understanding DiggRank , wherein they take their best shots at assessing Digg’s promotion algorithm, based on their collective experience. They also tackle the bias of game review sites toward [...]

 
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