Comments on: Why The Digg Shout Is Not Good Advertising http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/ A geek's view of the world... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:29:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Frontpage Bids Blog » Blog Archive » The Digg Shout Mafia http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/comment-page-1/#comment-6278 Frontpage Bids Blog » Blog Archive » The Digg Shout Mafia Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:34:59 +0000 http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/#comment-6278 [...] have been many who have condemned Digg’s shout mechanism as a spam tool; however, I have found a way to live with [...] [...] have been many who have condemned Digg’s shout mechanism as a spam tool; however, I have found a way to live with [...]

]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Tamar Weinberg Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:46:06 +0000 http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/#comment-722 Friendly Digger sounds like a good tool, but I like to discover new content from newer submitters when I Digg what my friends Dugg too. That said, can you expand the tool to give the ability to Digg stories that friends have Dugg? (And can you add the username of the Digger/submitter to the story itself?) I suppose that will work on 2 views (friends submitted and friends Dugg). I think that would be awesome. Friendly Digger sounds like a good tool, but I like to discover new content from newer submitters when I Digg what my friends Dugg too. That said, can you expand the tool to give the ability to Digg stories that friends have Dugg? (And can you add the username of the Digger/submitter to the story itself?)

I suppose that will work on 2 views (friends submitted and friends Dugg). I think that would be awesome.

]]> By: Russ @ bombay potatoes http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Russ @ bombay potatoes Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:40:46 +0000 http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/#comment-713 Seems like the only use of shout is to spam. Seems like the only use of shout is to spam.

]]> By: Cheeseburger Brown http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Cheeseburger Brown Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:05:52 +0000 http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/#comment-709 My question is: what is the *intended* use of the Shout system? The only Shouts I've ever received have been Digg-begging (spamming). My question is: what is the *intended* use of the Shout system? The only Shouts I’ve ever received have been Digg-begging (spamming).

]]> By: Chad Lakkis http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Chad Lakkis Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:04:54 +0000 http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/#comment-696 I am the founder of video game blog site http://www.ripten.com, and while my blog as well as many others rely on digg to help our sites gain awareness, I agree that the implementation of digg's "shout" feature is prone to spam like usage. The sites posters and diggers have a responsibility to themselves and each other to not abuse the system. Beyond that, we should support this story and hopefully the management at Digg will take some of the feedback to heart and enable filters to remedy the problems caused by the individuals who insist on abusing the system and the site. Chad Lakkis www.ripten.com I am the founder of video game blog site http://www.ripten.com, and while my blog as well as many others rely on digg to help our sites gain awareness, I agree that the implementation of digg’s “shout” feature is prone to spam like usage.

The sites posters and diggers have a responsibility to themselves and each other to not abuse the system. Beyond that, we should support this story and hopefully the management at Digg will take some of the feedback to heart and enable filters to remedy the problems caused by the individuals who insist on abusing the system and the site.

Chad Lakkis
http://www.ripten.com

]]> By: Steven Snell http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Steven Snell Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:52:22 +0000 http://www.krizka.net/2007/10/17/why-the-digg-shout-is-not-good-adverising/#comment-695 I agree that the shout feature is overused by a lot of people, but I think it can be effective if you use it only in rare occasions. I have only "shouted" once, and it was the only submission I've ever had that made it to the front page. I agree that the shout feature is overused by a lot of people, but I think it can be effective if you use it only in rare occasions. I have only “shouted” once, and it was the only submission I’ve ever had that made it to the front page.

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