Comments on: Should Digg Adopt a HuffPo Rule?

By: rama

rama — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:12:00 +0000

i think Digg loves spam robots better than loyal users. Some even say its obvious that Digg is no longer as relevant.

By: Mobular

Mobular — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:51:25 +0000

lol well if LGF (little green footballs) was getting it’s hate-filled posts on to the frontpage every day I’m sure most right-winners wouldn’t argue. The majority of people upset with HuffPo are right-wingers who are angry that a left-wing site is constantly being featured.

However there’s a fringe group who honestly feel that HuffPo has an unfair advantage over other sites that may break the news first, and its in that case that I think those sites should be more fairly treated. Digg is a popularity game – no questions about it. It’s not an equal playing field, but it’s the most you’re ever going to get from such a big popular site.

By: Gerard

Gerard — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:09:31 +0000

JD,

Recall the blog post on SNC from RWW asking for the same thing? A handicap placed on sites as there are placed on active diggers.

Before this it was Ars Technica. If not HuffPo, then another may eventually take it’s place.

Digg has no value for the smaller content sources now. Unless, they wish to employ editors.

By: Don Draper

Don Draper — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:05:30 +0000

An interesting analysis is to look at the submission times of the articles compared to the publish dates on the articles. People are literally sitting right on the page and submitting new articles the second they are published. There’s no way they’re reading them. It’s the way the game is played. If you want to be a power Digger, you have to get front pages, and being the first with an article from Huffpo is a good way to do that. That strategy gets you visibility, more followers, and makes your future submissions more powerful.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:51:55 +0000

Should Digg Adopt a HuffPo Rule? YES

HuffPo is SPAM