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How to handle getting buried on Digg

Started by mathewi · 11 months ago

From Karoli at Odd Time Signatures comes the story (via The Zero Boss, and prior to that Chris Winfield of the website 10e20) of one Chandler Kent, a 19-year-old college student who wandered into the sights of the Digg bury brigade. In this case, it was Chandler’s comment that ... Continue reading »

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  • The Zero Boss

    2 years ago

    Ha! Nice work indeed. :-)
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  • Stephen

    2 years ago

    I don't think my 'most buried comments' list is very accurate anymore, though I am pretty sure this is the most buried comment. There was another one on a story about James Kim that is probably pretty close.

    The interesting thing is that a comment with that amount of - diggs gets way more attention than a comment with + diggs. Odd. :)
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  • Mathew Ingram

    2 years ago

    That is interesting, isn't it Stephen? I have a theory that the most buried links and comments actually attract readers -- I know I check them out now and then, just to find out what everyone thought was so bad. That's why I like this site: http://duggtrends.com/buried.aspx
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  • Agoracom

    2 years ago

    Have to love this Chandler kid. Cooler than all the Digg buriers collectively.

    George
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  • HMTKSteve

    2 years ago

    I once had something similar happen where my personal contact information was posted on Digg. Some Diggers even crank called my house?!?? Joke was on them as I have caller ID and anonymous calls are blocked...

    The offending Digger who posted my information was quickly banned (and a few others) after a quick email to Digg support.
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  • Mathew Ingram

    2 years ago

    Glad to hear that, HMTKSteve -- that kind of stuff is just not on.
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