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Where does community end and “gaming” start?

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Digg continues to try and tweak its social-bookmarking service to make it harder to spam and “game” the system. But is it destroying the community at the same time? According to his post at the Digg blog, co-founder Kevin Rose believes that removing the list of top Digger ... Continue reading »

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  • Tony

    1 year ago

    Hey Mat,

    Nice move to cutline ... your blog moves a lot faster now! :D

    Cheers
    t
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  • Mathew

    1 year ago

    Thanks, Tony -- just wait until I get it all loaded up with widgets :-)
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    Seems to me, now that YouTube is suggesting the idea of compensating user created content creators, there might definitely be a move towards more social sites doing it - which I think is a great idea. Because after all, even the time spent finding all these links is effectively work. And digg has lots of funding and buyout potential. It would be a good move to see a social site share that wealth with the users that made it what it is (MP3.com did it back in the day).

    I've read good things about the Cutline theme - will be neat seeing how your blog looks when it's done.
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  • Mathew

    1 year ago

    I agree, Jason. I think that kind of thing is probably inevitable -- and not just inevitable but arguably desirable as well. I don't know if Kevin and the Digg team believe that though.
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  • HMTKSteve

    1 year ago

    I submit stories to Digg because of the meta-game that is Digg. i.e. each story on the home page gets you one EXP and once you get enough EXP you appear in the top diggers list.

    The bonus EXP comes when you get your story on the Diggnation podcast. Why remove this system? The system rewards good submissions, removing it will only increase Spamming of Digg because the spammers pay!
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  • Mathew

    1 year ago

    I think you\'re right, HMTKSteve -- Digg may be getting more than it bargained for.
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  • Svetlana Gladkova

    1 year ago

    Thank you for mentioning Profy interview in your 2nd update, Mathew.
    The terrible thing is that the only result Digg is going to get is losing some of its brilliant members - together with high-quality content they contribute. But will that actually improve Digg - I strongly doubt that.
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  • Mathew

    1 year ago

    Thanks for the comment, Svetlana. And I hope you are wrong about Digg losing members, but I think that is a very real risk with the changes they are making.
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  • Svetlana Gladkova

    1 year ago

    Mathew, I will be more than happy to be wrong - but I really see why Chrisek predicts top diggers will leave Digg. I enjoy Digg as an absolutely ordinary member but it is interesting to follow some trends in the community and progress of certain users - usually those you see frequently and start to recognize by their avatars.
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