Lost in a Sea of Shouts: 7 Ways Digg can Fix the System

The shout system has been a roller coaster ride of emotion for me.

  • First impressions: “WAY Cool. Now I can talk to friends and if I have something that I really want to get out to the peeps, I can!”
  • Second impression: “Oh s**t, here come the spammers.”
  • Third impression: “Hey, the spam seems to work! A ton of them are hitting the front page. I better give it a try.”
  • Fourth impression: “Damn. It’s not as effective anymore. People are ignoring their shouts.”
  • Current impression: “The system is a broken one, but by golly it can be fixed…”

And here’s how:

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    November 17, 2007 | Filed Under Social Internet, Social Networking Sites, Social News Sites | 10 Comments 

    Using Famous Digg to Shout Personal Messages

    Digg’s shout system is currently flawed. Spamming through the shout system is simple, while sending messages to all of your friends is difficult and time consuming.

    Here’s an idea that might just work: using a well recognized od digg as a code to let your friends know that what you’re sending isn’t spam. Currently, many users, especially those with lots of friends, have a hard time because of the sheer bulk of shout spam that they receive on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis.

    This is an idea that could fix the system until Digg steps up and fixes it themselves.

    But if instead of Digg, you need VC money:

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    November 11, 2007 | Filed Under Social Internet, Social News Sites | Leave a Comment