Can someone please explain what is going on with Digg.com?
So, maybe I'm missing something, but Kevin's Digg.com used to have lots & lots of Ron Paul stories. Of course, there would always be the same 4 or 5 people that would read & leave negative comments on every single Ron Paul story -but the stories were always up top and the discourse was pretty phenomenal. With Digg's "Digg the Candidates," Ron Paul had over twice the amount of support of anyone on the site. Now, Ron Paul stories are nowhere to be seen -even in the political section. In place, there are about 5 or 6 pro-Barack/anti-clinton/anti-mccain stories at any given time & the "Digg the Candidates" is removed from any significant promotion (thus hiding Ron Paul's commanding presence in this arena). Now, I commend the Lenin, err. Trotsky... err... Barack Obama (i always have a tough time with that one) campaign for using what I feel is a strong tool, but I'm curious as to what events have triggered it. It's not Paul supporters converting over. In addition to a Paul supporter (or even old-school Goldwater supporters for that matter) abhorring a socialistic movement, the usernames don't match up.
Also, the rest of Digg's content has gone downhill quick. Is there new management? Was there a contract relating to supply of content along with the ads? I know there's been discussions with News Corp & ad deals with Microsoft -but I don't know the details of what those discussings and/or deals entailed or if there were other events that have jolted a once intelligent & innovative site back into the political version of TMZ or E! Television. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated.
-A business owner for Ron Paul
Here's an idea... If Digg
Here's an idea...
If Digg insists on censoring articles about Ron Paul then maybe what we should all do is find reasons to continually mention Ron Paul's name in other articles related to the Presidential election.
For example, McCain is having all sorts of troubles right now. So post questions to the articles along the lines of whether or not the media will now begin to give Ron Paul and/or Mike Huckabee reasonable airtime again... etc, etc...
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we still manage to get a good RP submission to the front page
every other day. Most don't last very long but at least they get there. The problem is that the majority of diggers only pass through briefly and check out the front page. In order for our diggs to have any real effect we have to get 100+ diggs in the first hour so that we can hit the front page. We also have to be careful to hit the front page during peak hours and watch out for the bury brigade. We need to organize our efforts. I have been successful at getting many RP articles and videos to the top 10 over the last few months and even had one sit at the #1 spot overnight. There is some simple strategy involved but you really just need a small group of dedicated friends to get the ball rolling. The bury brigade uses this strategy and that is why they have been so successful at demoralizing us. What I am suggesting is that if you find a good RP article or video, come here first and post it, and then suggest a submit deadline for digg. Once 10-15 of us are on board, submit it and we will all digg and favorite it immediately. We can keep it up on dailypaul for another 20-30min to catch a few more diggers, but mostly we should focus on making good friends on digg and "shouting out" submissions. With a few minutes of effort between 10-15 dedicated dailypaul diggers, we could get any article to the front page of digg before the bury brigade has a chance to cancel it. Thousands of users are viewing the front page of digg at any given moment. This is a great way to spread the message. What do you say?
Digg changes *algorithm*
See my previous post:
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/29988
Digg cracks down on group voting
http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9857222-2.html
By Harrison Hoffman , – January 23, 2008, 10:43 PM PST
Social news site Digg launched on Wednesday night a new algorithm to try to prevent groups from gaming the system.
The update effectively punishes people who vote in groups to promote certain stories. The result of the update is that stories that reach the homepage will need to be "dugg" by a diverse group of people.
Just don't use them anymore
Just don't use them anymore and don't ask anyone to "Digg" his or that.
way to fail
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CBS News and digg form
CBS News and digg form partnership / January 8,2008, could this be why??
http://jerichooncbs.blogspot.com/2008/01/cbsnewscom-and-digg...
his co host
not to seem conspiratorial...but his cohost on his show is a bohemian grove member...this isn't just a good ole boys club....put two and two together....digg is a fascist site, just like I said...they don't like ron paul cause he ain't a neocon
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4258540649459579093&...
"and the truth shall make you free"
John 8:32
Maybe Digg was coerced into
Maybe Digg was coerced into removing all of the Ron Paul articles... who knows. We've seen this sort of stuff in the mainstream media for a while now, maybe Digg has decided to become part of that. The people organizing the class action lawsuit against the MSM might want to consider adding Digg to their list as well.
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I always bury...
I always bury Obama, Clinton, McCain and Huckabee stories.
Lack of enthusiasm on digg
pretty much matches Ron Paul's donations graph. I am one of the few remaining RP supporters over there and it is difficult now to even drum up 30 diggs for a submission that would have easily generated 300 diggs or more just a month ago. The Obama supporters are riding the wave of the masses right now and rationality has little effect with the euphoric. The saddest part is that the bury brigade is stronger than ever, and are often the first ones to comment on RP articles. I do not blame digg, I blame us. Few of us really seem to understand the importance of spreading this message, regardless of the presidency. What I find so hard to understand though is how so many people could donate their money to this campaign and then just give up and disappear at the first sign of trouble. disturbing.
Digg is not a good thing anylonger
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DIGG fascists
digg decided long ago that it wasn't going to push any Ron Paul stuff...then they allowed 4 to always digg it down..now that is their sole purpose in life is to digg down any and all ron paul stories to neverland...i've written Digg about this a few months ago and no response...they are fascists who are pushing the same old....
welcome to the world of censorship
"and the truth shall make you free"
John 8:32
But who decided this? Kevin
But who decided this? Kevin Rose is (or, at least, was) a linux/opensource kinda freethinking guy -not the type that I'd expect to give Paul articles the boot. At least, unless there was significant incentive. So, was it a specific guy within the organization? Was there a specific event? The idea behind digg was that it was user based content -and it happened that the Digg user base dug Paul (so to speak). So, either someone there has made a decision to change that, something with their algorithm isn't working that's allowing folks to game the system, or something else. Have Kevin Rose or others over there at Digg addressed this directly? Or, does anyone have a more specific explanation than "digg decided long ago" -not to knock the answer; I'm just looking for more specifics.