Comments on: Spotting the Disturbing Digg Trends — Time to Move On? http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/ tamar weinberg is a digital marketing specialist, social media consultant, and tech geek at heart Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:06:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Social Media: It’s No Longer Every Man for Himself » techipedia | tamar weinberg http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-23982 Social Media: It’s No Longer Every Man for Himself » techipedia | tamar weinberg Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:39:59 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-23982 [...] who the complaint was about, because at one point, I was that same kind of complainer. I had the same exact attitude. Now, I’m in the category as the other [...] [...] who the complaint was about, because at one point, I was that same kind of complainer. I had the same exact attitude. Now, I’m in the category as the other [...]

]]> By: 11 Tips to Enhance Your Digg User Experience (and Hopefully Bring You Front Page Fame) » techipedia | tamar weinberg’s blog of stuff http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-17883 11 Tips to Enhance Your Digg User Experience (and Hopefully Bring You Front Page Fame) » techipedia | tamar weinberg’s blog of stuff Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:56:04 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-17883 [...] a few months ago, I had a love-hate relationship with Digg. Now, after acquainting myself with the system and learning more about what works and [...] [...] a few months ago, I had a love-hate relationship with Digg. Now, after acquainting myself with the system and learning more about what works and [...]

]]> By: Jenn Sierra http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-15345 Jenn Sierra Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:36:41 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-15345 Another reason Digg might be having problems? Seems the “Diggers??? don’t have as much authority on Digg as one might think. Update: http://forthardknox.com/?p=236

]]> By: Net Writing » Digg vs Reddit: 7 Reasons Reddit is Better http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-9787 Net Writing » Digg vs Reddit: 7 Reasons Reddit is Better Thu, 24 May 2007 07:25:54 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-9787 [...] Digg Trends [...] [...] Digg Trends [...]

]]> By: NEW SITE GETS BANNED FROM DIGG WITHIN 6 DAYS - Steve http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-4223 NEW SITE GETS BANNED FROM DIGG WITHIN 6 DAYS - Steve Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:13:06 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-4223 Digg.com is getting cocky and banning small web sites just because digg’s users submit them to digg and digg’s moderators don’t like it. Scifidigg.com is the latest victim of Digg’s “We are big, you are small and we can do whatever we want??? attitude.
First some background.
After running the website Scifi2u.com for the last year we realised there was a demand for a scifi digg type website – 6 Days ago ScifiDigg.com was born and is powered by open source Pligg and the YouTube API.
So what went wrong?
The site went live on the 22 March 2007. People submitted stories and video links to digg and other sites del.icio.us, Yahoo, Simply and Reddit. Having a submit button makes submitting very easy and fast but that could be a problem.
Let’s get to the point
WITHIN 6 DAYS THE SITE HAS BEEN BANNED FROM DIGG
Digg’s moderators decided that since the link pointed to my site and the posts are mainly videos from YouTube ScifiDigg should be banned from digg and no other links from scifidigg.com can be posted to digg.
Digg’s response
I contacted digg to find out what happened and why they blocked my site. The response I got from them was that my site violated their terms of use, by copying another site. I explained to them that although the video is streamed by YouTube we give the facility for original coments to be added.
The response I got was that they do not allow sites that copy other sites to be submitted to digg. I told them that according to their rules they should also ban Yahoo news, since it does not have an original content but republish articles from PCWorld, Reuters, MACWorld and others. Also falls under this category other major sites like neowin.net, blink.nu and many more that are doing exactly the same infact they should ban YouTube because the video content is often copied from other video websites. But hey, they are big sites and digg can’t pick on them without repercussion, like they can pick on small blogs that try to establish themselves.
So what have we learned?
· Digg’s users don’t really determine what gets promoted, but digg’s moderators do.
· Digg have a different set of rules for small site and different rules for big sites, even though both are doing the same.
· Digg will ban a small site just because one of its user’s submitted an article that other digg members liked and promoted, but moderator didn’t like the link.
· Digg will not listen to reason when told that the site did not violate its TOS.

I am going to create a Digg.com clone http://www.BannedDigg.com Watch this space!!!

]]> By: The Digg Bury Effect » Technology, Blogging and New Media http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-2837 The Digg Bury Effect » Technology, Blogging and New Media Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:40:11 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-2837 [...] the entire organization to arrogance that carries through to corporate policies and down to the Digg Mob that buries stories it doesn’t like simply because they don’t like [...] [...] the entire organization to arrogance that carries through to corporate policies and down to the Digg Mob that buries stories it doesn’t like simply because they don’t like [...]

]]> By: One Huge Reason Reddit is Better than Digg | steve-olson.com http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-1144 One Huge Reason Reddit is Better than Digg | steve-olson.com Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:26:19 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-1144 [...] The Downfall of Digg is Forthcoming and Here is Why Paul Graham on Digg Reddit Digg a New Platform for Discrimination The Downfall of Digg Spotting Disturbing Digg Trends – Time to Move On The Hypocrisy of Digg and Spam Digg Scares Me [...]

]]> By: Spotting the Disturbing Digg Trends — Time to Move On? | Search Marketing Basics http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-496 Spotting the Disturbing Digg Trends — Time to Move On? | Search Marketing Basics Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:04:18 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-496 [...] Original post by Tamar Weinberg and software by Elliott Back Filed under banned, digg, social networking., opinion., ban by Permalink • Print • Email • Comment [...] [...] Original post by Tamar Weinberg and software by Elliott Back Filed under banned, digg, social networking., opinion., ban by Permalink • Print • Email • Comment [...]

]]> By: Sites Being Banned By Digg » Webomatica http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-350 Sites Being Banned By Digg » Webomatica Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:15:50 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-350 [...] Note: Here are some links to additional reading on the subject: Techipdeia Deep Jive Interests, and an older one showing this isn’t a totally new issue. [...] [...] Note: Here are some links to additional reading on the subject: Techipdeia Deep Jive Interests, and an older one showing this isn’t a totally new issue. [...]

]]> By: hata http://www.techipedia.com/2006/spotting-the-disturbing-digg-trends-time-to-move-on/#comment-349 hata Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:01:32 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2006/12/22/77/#comment-349 Sick of digg http://www.digghater.com/ Sick of digg http://www.digghater.com/

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