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Digg say "don't talk about digg"

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by sarahk, Jul 8, 2006.

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  1. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #101
    Oh! and I thought you were being all judgemental ;)
     
    sarahk, Jul 9, 2006 IP
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    pipes Prominent Member

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    #102
    And there i was thinking it was just me, add me to the list, im banned too :)
     
    pipes, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    infonote Well-Known Member

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    #103
    You are banned if you ask ppl to digg your posts, not for promoting digg.
     
    infonote, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    xboxundone Well-Known Member

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    #104
    The thing i don't get is the prupose is for people to digg your site if they like your site or article... well if you ask people from your site to digg your article why not as it is promoting both... i think in the long run this is going to hurt digg more than it will gain.... now i am not talking aobut just digg to digg but i mean making a post digg my article if you like it or link on your article on your site digg it if you like it....
     
    xboxundone, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    wmburg Active Member

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    #105
    hahaha. I told my girlfriend a few weeks ago that if I ever say "digg" then she has to say "fuck digg." The reason behind this? I found out the founder was Kevin Rose. I used to do freelance php/mysql work for him a few years ago, and I had to go through hoops to get paid for my, obviously, last project with him.
     
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  6. mad4

    mad4 Peon

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    #106
    Its a bit heavy handed to ban people who are just asking for diggs. Digg requests never get more than about 10-20 diggs from DP so the problem is hardly affecting digg.

    A far better solution would be to just use the digging algorithm to give less weight to people who are known to be digg spammers.

    I can still view the front page which is all I ever do so I am happy. :)
     
    mad4, Jul 10, 2006 IP
  7. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #107
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    woahdolla Peon

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    #108
    Sarah, how did they decide who to ban?

    I tried to log in and it said "bad ip address"

    DIid they seriously ban everyone who posted in that "digg bigg" thread? Everyone from Digital point???

    How did they pick me and know my ip or user name to ban?:confused:
     
    woahdolla, Jul 10, 2006 IP
  9. maldives

    maldives Prominent Member

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    #109
    At least a warning could have been better!! They blocked my IP address, thats the worst part of it. :mad: :mad:

    Certainly they lost one customer permanantly :cool:
     
    maldives, Jul 10, 2006 IP
  10. woahdolla

    woahdolla Peon

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    #110
    How in the living hell did they pick who to ban???? and how did they know ppl's IP's???
     
    woahdolla, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    maldives Prominent Member

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    #111
    They used a spy satellite to find out who to ban and the IP address ;) :D :D :D
     
    maldives, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    woahdolla Peon

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    #112
    lol........
     
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  13. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #113
    IP addresses are recorded in most places against a username, including forums...
     
    sarahk, Jul 10, 2006 IP
  14. woahdolla

    woahdolla Peon

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    #114
    Yea, I understand that part.

    The part I do not understand is how and why they DECIDED to ban MY IP address...:rolleyes:
     
    woahdolla, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    maldives Prominent Member

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    #115
    They beleive DP members are spammers :( :(
     
    maldives, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    LGRComp Well-Known Member

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    #116
    I got banned yesterday. Oh well no great loss in my opinion. There are dozens of other digg type sites if I want to use that type of site.
     
    LGRComp, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    #117
    Excuse me for my ignorance, so you mean to tell me they banned every single DP member?
     
    woahdolla, Jul 10, 2006 IP
  18. sizzler_chetan

    sizzler_chetan Prominent Member

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    #118
    They did not ban only DP members,

    Namepros and v7n members got the same experience.
    Mainly namepros, where many members told about their account being Banned.
     
    sizzler_chetan, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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    woahdolla Peon

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    #119
    Thats stupid, why would you ban an entire message board for what maybe 5% of the members are doing???

    That's not only stupid, it's probably illegal.

    If someone can sue google for not indexing their page and the judge actually give it more than .01 seconds of thought, than Im sure dig can be held liable for these actions, if someone actually wanted to take it that far.
     
    woahdolla, Jul 10, 2006 IP
  20. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    #120
    Your IP will have been banned when they decided to ban your username (ie you). Now, why they decided to ban you is another question altogether.

    Personally, I don't think there should be a restriction on
    • submitting your own stories
    • promoting stories at digg
    • using their rss feeds to promote digg stories
    but you should be restricted from
    • inciting people to click without making a value judgement on the story
    • submitting stories which are junk eg nutrition for soccer players when the story is a couple of paragraphs of junk
    • forming groups with the sole intention of driving stories to the front page
    But since I have no intention of "putting my money where my mouth is" and build my own, I'm happy to be a casual user of these sites. And, as LGRComp states, there are plenty more to choose from.
    Shawn's ok ;)
     
    sarahk, Jul 10, 2006 IP
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