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Diggs for a dollar at usersubmitter.com

Discussion in 'Social Networks' started by mad4, Oct 2, 2006.

  1. #1
    Has anybody got any experience with http://www.usersubmitter.com?


     
    mad4, Oct 2, 2006 IP
  2. DrMalloc

    DrMalloc Peon

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    #2
    muchos sketchy D:
    no doubt it'll get shut down fast if it ever becomes a respectable or well-known service
     
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    #3
    Not sure it would pay for itself...

    $20 + $1 per digg, bearing in mind you need 1000+ diggs to get a popular this week / month or year ranking.
     
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    #4
    Wow, that site designs fantasitic, they must be really professional
     
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    DrMalloc Peon

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    they have the best web designers that 1995 had to offer
     
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    tyzer Well-Known Member

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    #6
    this website will not be around for long, digg.com will make sure of that.
     
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  7. mad4

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    As long as they do it right I don't understand how digg could catch them?
     
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    tyzer Well-Known Member

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    #8
    a lot of digg users feel like part of the company, so i'm sure they'll just email digg and tell them about the site and eventually digg will send them a wind up order through their lawyers.

    Its a shame though as i actually think that website is a good idea and could work well if just digg allowed it.
     
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    I think it's well worth it if you use this to promote a decent article to the frontpage of Digg. How many diggs you need for that depends a bit but 50 diggs should be enough to draw some attention to your site.

    50 diggs would cost you $70. If this gets you to the frontpage for a while and sends you 10,000 visitors you only paid about $0.007 per visitor which is really cheap and you may also get a bunch of backlinks to your site.
     
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    #10
    maybe im missing something.. is digg the internet police? how could they get them shut down? are they infringing on diggs copyright?
     
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  11. mad4

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    #11
    What exactly is this site doing thats illegal?:confused:
     
    mad4, Oct 2, 2006 IP
  12. DrMalloc

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    it isn't neccessarily illegal, but i'll bet it breaks the terms of service and usage policies
     
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    #13
    They would do a similar thing to what they did here. They signup, post an obscure article, pay for a couple of Diggs and note the user names.

    They can then look at the history of those names and there will surely be a pattern (the same 50 people digging every article) and ban all of the user names and ips

    Of course, they will accidentaly ban some users who had nothing to do with it but they aren't all that concerned about doing that.

    I have to echo the original sentiment that there are a lot better uses for your money. I don't agree it takes 1000 to make front page (you can easily do it with less then 100) but I don't see it even being worth the $120

    I signed up for the heck of it..lol

     
    yfs1, Oct 2, 2006 IP
  14. mad4

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    I suppose if they join themselves then they would be able to ban people who digg them. Didn't think of that. :)

    John chow dot com said he was making $100 per day from adsense with last weeks digg's.
     
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    #15
    its not the fact that they are doing anything wrong, its just i've seen the digg founders talk about this sort of thing before whey they don't like people paying for diggs, they see it as cheating i think and they are trying to get it to stop.

    I personally like the idea of usersubmitter.com, i just know digg won't

    I've also seen stories on the homepage with less than 50 diggs, so i think digg are slowly moving away how many diggs you get to get on the homepage, to more who actually diggs the story, and also the person that submitted the story.
     
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    #16
    That amazes me as I have had 5 front pages and the AdSense barely budged off it's normal numbers. The problem is though that I just signed up to that site with a fake email and I was able to see anyone who was asking (ie paying) for a DIGG - I didn't even have to confirm the fake email.

    If you are making $100 a day on legitimate Diggs, I would guess you would be the last person to risk an IP ban. I also would guess that a natural Digg would provide a lot more benefit then an unnatural one (As those paying would be people who were posting stuff that wouldn't normally have enough interest to get a front page)
     
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    #17
    I never said front page...
    ...week / month or year NOT just for a short period, but for a lengthy period to bring in some real volumes...

    Anybody who thinks this is a good idea going to put their money where their mouth is?
     
    bochgoch, Oct 2, 2006 IP
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    #18
    is this a prank to get digg user banned?

    IMO it is just like Mafia paying kid to break a resturant. Even though no physical harm is made, digg might loss reputation if this site get big. They could break digg's business
     
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    Haha. Did no one else appreciate that?
     
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    #20
    I don't think it is in digg's power to shut it down. This is a similar scenario where google shut down all SEO companies. You try to get up on digg either by paying or by trying. I think if it works out by paying and reasonably cheap, nothing wrong in going for it.

    Jamx
     
    jamx03, Oct 2, 2006 IP
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