Comments on: Out With a Whimper, Not a Bang http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead Community, Creativity and Marketing Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: buzzup.com http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-405 buzzup.com Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:15:10 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-405 <strong>Out With a Whimper, Not a Bang...</strong> Way back in August – that’s like 8 years for those using the site — Digg went on a banning spree, kicking off users left and right for using scripts that, for the most part, enhanced the Digg experience rather than cheating it.... Out With a Whimper, Not a Bang…

Way back in August – that’s like 8 years for those using the site — Digg went on a banning spree, kicking off users left and right for using scripts that, for the most part, enhanced the Digg experience rather than cheating it….

]]> By: Peter http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-3505 Peter Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:09:01 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-3505 I left Digg for Mixx more than a year-and-a-half ago. It was the best social media-related decision I ever made.<br><br>Mixx long ago surpassed Digg in site quality, user experience, as well as the strength of character of the community itself and the users it is comprised of.<br><br>Digg's days are numbered.... I left Digg for Mixx more than a year-and-a-half ago. It was the best social media-related decision I ever made.

Mixx long ago surpassed Digg in site quality, user experience, as well as the strength of character of the community itself and the users it is comprised of.

Digg's days are numbered….

]]> By: Peter http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-2955 Peter Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:09:01 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-2955 I left Digg for Mixx more than a year-and-a-half ago. It was the best social media-related decision I ever made.<br><br>Mixx long ago surpassed Digg in site quality, user experience, as well as the strength of character of the community itself and the users it is comprised of.<br><br>Digg's days are numbered.... I left Digg for Mixx more than a year-and-a-half ago. It was the best social media-related decision I ever made.

Mixx long ago surpassed Digg in site quality, user experience, as well as the strength of character of the community itself and the users it is comprised of.

Digg's days are numbered….

]]> By: Peter http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-2633 Peter Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:09:01 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-2633 I left Digg for Mixx more than a year-and-a-half ago. It was the best social media-related decision I ever made.<br><br>Mixx long ago surpassed Digg in site quality, user experience, as well as the strength of character of the community itself and the users it is comprised of.<br><br>Digg's days are numbered.... I left Digg for Mixx more than a year-and-a-half ago. It was the best social media-related decision I ever made.

Mixx long ago surpassed Digg in site quality, user experience, as well as the strength of character of the community itself and the users it is comprised of.

Digg's days are numbered….

]]> By: Peter http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-400 Peter Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:09:01 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-400 I left Digg for Mixx more than a year-and-a-half ago. It was the best social media-related decision I ever made.<br><br>Mixx long ago surpassed Digg in site quality, user experience, as well as the strength of character of the community itself and the users it is comprised of.<br><br>Digg's days are numbered.... I left Digg for Mixx more than a year-and-a-half ago. It was the best social media-related decision I ever made.

Mixx long ago surpassed Digg in site quality, user experience, as well as the strength of character of the community itself and the users it is comprised of.

Digg's days are numbered….

]]> By: cyndezu http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-363 cyndezu Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:38:21 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-363 Digg has become the school yard bully whose rules are, because I said so. It's run by a bunch of irrational, belligerent punks that are building the next Disneyland for news.<br>Great place for the kids to go, Enjoy! Digg has become the school yard bully whose rules are, because I said so. It's run by a bunch of irrational, belligerent punks that are building the next Disneyland for news.
Great place for the kids to go, Enjoy!

]]> By: Elidet http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-362 Elidet Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:14:03 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-362 Hey, Kevin Rose,<br><br>Remember the time the feminist came on and started talking smack about digg and she got booted off front page and said digg was sexist, so THEN I wrote an article and defended digg and had 1900+ diggs, then Jen from booted it off front page because I was defending guys on digg and I was being sexists against GIRLS? <br><br>Did I tell you I was the girl defending digg?<br><br>And you bowed down to the crap talker?<br><br>Yeah. Good times,<br><br>If by banning people who contribute great things to your site is a way of saying thank you, you should probably not be running digg.<br><br>@elidet Hey, Kevin Rose,

Remember the time the feminist came on and started talking smack about digg and she got booted off front page and said digg was sexist, so THEN I wrote an article and defended digg and had 1900+ diggs, then Jen from booted it off front page because I was defending guys on digg and I was being sexists against GIRLS?

Did I tell you I was the girl defending digg?

And you bowed down to the crap talker?

Yeah. Good times,

If by banning people who contribute great things to your site is a way of saying thank you, you should probably not be running digg.

@elidet

]]> By: Jeff Flowers http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-333 Jeff Flowers Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:28:00 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-333 I wasn't too upset about the bannings back in September. To be honest, it became a better community, because the majority of the spammers were gone. The amount of shouts I receieved dropped instantly. The content was better. It was nice. <br><br>But, I need to do like Reg and build up my twitter account. Because I don't believe that digg is ever going to pull out of their funk. It's a sinking ship. I wasn't too upset about the bannings back in September. To be honest, it became a better community, because the majority of the spammers were gone. The amount of shouts I receieved dropped instantly. The content was better. It was nice.

But, I need to do like Reg and build up my twitter account. Because I don't believe that digg is ever going to pull out of their funk. It's a sinking ship.

]]> By: Michael http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-332 Michael Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:44:35 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-332 Great post. I had shared some complimentary thoughts on this topic as well recently. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-garrity/why-twitter-will-kill-dig_b_149358.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-garrity/w...</a> Great post. I had shared some complimentary thoughts on this topic as well recently. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-garrity/w…

]]> By: Colin Principe http://thelostjacket.com/social-media/digg-dead/comment-page-1#comment-328 Colin Principe Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:29:32 +0000 http://thelostjacket.com/?p=789#comment-328 Regrettably the signal to noise ratio on Digg has increased significantly in the past 12 months. Most of the front-page stories in each category are top-10 lists from one site or another. The vibe is much more sophmoric. Regrettably the signal to noise ratio on Digg has increased significantly in the past 12 months. Most of the front-page stories in each category are top-10 lists from one site or another. The vibe is much more sophmoric.

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