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Digital Marketing Specialist, Social Media Consultant, and Tech Geek at Heart

Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up

When I was at Pubcon last week, Digg launched its highly anticipated images section. And while you’ve all come to expect my rants about Digg, I simply cannot deliver that this time around. I’ll start by saying that I was at first skeptical about the pictures section. Truthfully, I understand the reasoning behind...

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The Downside of Social Media (Or Why it Sucks to be on Top)

You might think it’s all fun and games when you become a top submitter on a social news site. However, that’s not exactly the case. The more popular you get you get, the harder it is. It’s a natural progression of what some people might consider “celebrity” status: once you hit fame, you’re...

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An Open Letter to Kevin Rose

Dear Mr. Rose, I am writing to follow up with you regarding correspondence with a member of your team several weeks ago. I inquired about a domain that seems to be on your auto-bury list. Granted, you have never admitted to an auto-bury list, but the statistics speak for themselves. In the first link, it is obvious that the last...

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Ideas vs. Execution: The Facebook Fiasco

I’m getting a bit frustrated with the hundreds of posts that speak about individuals who claimed to invent Facebook before Mark Zuckerberg. Here’s the real Facebook, long before I joined the social network myself: Truthfully, it doesn’t matter who invented Facebook. Facebook is like Classmates.com. Facebook is...

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Take the Private Beta Approach, Since It’s Inherently Viral

How many times has a private beta piqued your curiosity? How many times has it turned you off because of the nature of it being “private?” What about both? While the notion of an exclusive crowd joining a social networking site probably does frustrate you (as it did for me on many networks where it took a bit of time...

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11 Tips to Enhance Your Digg User Experience (and Hopefully Bring You Front Page Fame)

Just 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 what doesn’t, I’m one of the top users of the service. Do I still hate Digg? Occasionally. After all, Digg is a social network that unifies individuals with different...

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