Comments on: The big Digg rig

So-called social-media sites, which let users decide what's newsworthy, are dealing with scammers trying to game their systems.

[aabcdefghij987654321]

Bad title for article

When I see Big Dig I think of Boston and ceiling tiles dropping and killing people.

I suspect others see it the same, this article should have a different title.

[Seaspray0]

Boston?

I don't live in Boston so I'm not familiar with ceiling tiles dropping. The one thing about the title is it uses "Digg" and not "Dig"... That is something unique to the website, something that can easily be overlooked.

[disco-legend-zeke]

Three rhyming words = good title.

not living in boston i have no idea bout ceiling tiles either.

[EatingPie]

Digg's Foolproof System?

As a Digg user, I suffer through any "PS3 Sucks" thread garnering over 1000 votes, even when completely untrue. One article actually titled "The PS3 Cannot Do High Definition" and still topped 1000 votes (a ton by digg standards). Even the article the headline linked didn't make this false claim.

This extends to negative stories about George Bush, positive stories about the Nintendo Wii, negative stories about O'Reilly and Limbaugh, etc.,etc.

So where is the foolproof system for patently false stories? And when digg users just do what's popular, how does "self policing" even come into play? It's a hugely problematic system, and for "digg executives" to claim they have the problem in hand is akin to ebay saying they police auctions.

-Pie

[Below Meigh]

Nothing Foolproof...

However, I think the PS3 "does" have hardware problems: the 1080P feature is crippled by a defect. Haven't you heard?

But yet, we have to read through all the "astroturf" and splogging and spluuge of deceit. The "jack Campbells" in that, they posted "jack" the thread and even have numerous IDs and assists to post "credulous" info and references. Still irks me that Google news has news titles with pictures that are scary (unrelated, or hardly close). All to attract the viewer and not be an actual image from the story.
OT- BTW, I predicted months ago that the Wii would outsell MS and Sony's over-hyped consoles. But do you hear that Nintendo sold 600K units in a week? Um, that is $150,000,000.00 at retail. $37,500,000.00 in profit for the 25% markup goes to who? And how about the ebay resellers getting $500+ for it. Jeesh, if half the Wii's sold were resold, look at all the money Nintendo lost because of their hype-machine!

[sutherlandandrew]

Good comments

Great comments, Pie Eater :) I agree. I'm also concerned with the top digg stories, I see quite a pattern with who the top "posters" are always.

[Mergatroid Mania]

Doing everything they can?

If they are doing everything they can, where are all the law suits?

Stuff like this really pushes my buttons, and again there should jail time for prople perpetrating scams like this.

[syed.abbas]

More on Digg!

http://tnerd.com/2006/10/03/diggcom-puzzled-are-we-ready-for-web-20/
http://tnerd.com/2006/10/03/diggcom-how-to-make-money-from-diggcom/

[teraphim]

Wal-Mart Manipulates Digg

I saw some blatant Digg manipulation by Wal-Mart right before "Black Friday". An article about Wal-Mart "accidentally" posting its Black Friday prices got 700 diggs almost instantly. Anyone who tried to point out it was spam got voted down instantly. I also saw a Wal-Mart splog pointing to the Digg article. I found the splog while I was looking for other bloggers with an interest in recent Wal-Mart PR escapades. I left several comments on these blogs, but no one seemed interested. I also left TWO notes for WOMMA about it. I don't understand why everyone would see the Wal-Mart flogs as shady but no one is pursuing their Digg click-farming.

[janssendavid]

digg guys are always cheating

digg guys are always cheating people they are getting free money from visitors without doing anything

[derami]

Digg Corruption and the Anti Digg Website Allsux

Well, Digg corruption is incredibly widespread. It has been reported in Wired, Wikipedia, Slashdot and other reputable sources. But for the full story on recent events you should really check out http://allsux.com ... that has both personal stories and professional links related to Digg and its incredible behaviors.

[nazzdeq]

I now use subbmitt.com instead...

Digg has gotten way out of control.

[manders2000]

Digg.com is great, along with reddit.com. I also like thuhm.com and mixx.com.