Folks, we need to discuss Digg abuse

[walt]

I wish I could agree, but I can't. MSM has done everything they can to shove other candidates down our throats, and we don't have a say in the matter. If this is what we have to do to fight the system and get the message out, then we need to do it.

HOW DO WE CONVERT BABY BOOMERS? Digg is NOT the answer. The thread starter is right we risk winning battles but losing the war. Besides 12 year olds can't vote anyway.

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

We really should not bury stories about Ron Paul or from any RP supporters. It harms their account if their stories get buried. It makes the account seem less worthy.

Spamming hurts, doesn't it? I bury the no-stories whether it's about RP or about WII or yet another css-based menu. Digg good articles, bury the crap and spam. That's how it works!

 

[MozoVote]

Here is another way to think about it. If the Moonies or the Scientologists were constantly bumping articles to the top on Digg, wouldn't you view that as spam and an annoyance?

I only Digg the Paul stories that are truly news worthy. And because of all the duplicates of news worthy articles, even that takes some decision making.

 

[familydog]

As far as being ignored by the MSM, I'd say our money bombs and the blimp will do more to get attention than some random blog post on Digg. It's been proven already.

 

[ronpaulblogsdotcom]

Spamming hurts, doesn't it? I bury the no-stories whether it's about RP or about WII or yet another css-based menu. Digg good articles, bury the crap and spam. That's how it works!

That might be fine but I am telling you that you are harming their account and their ability to get future stories to the front page as easily. If they d1gg your story it means less, if they submit a story it is viewed as suspicious more easily.

I really am not sure how this helps Ron Paul.

 

[Mortikhi]

My opinion is that this is a bone-headed idea.

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

That might be fine but I am telling you that you are harming their account and their ability to get future stories to the front page as easily. If they d1gg your story it means less, if they submit a story it is viewed as suspicious more easily.

No, I'm not harming their accounts. They are harming them themselves

 

[hawkeyenick]

This is actuallly funny because digg actively works against us most of the time

It's user generated media...most of what ends up there is pro-paul and anti-bush, we aren't about to abandon our medium. Just be friendly to the digg users

 

[OferNave]

I respect the other opinions in this thread. What I don't respect is people trashing me for making a well-intended suggestion.

 

[hawkeyenick]

it's user driven...we can't "abuse" it when it's a democracy the way it is

 

[evadmurd]

So please, keep your opinion to yourself.

I'll never get over the complete contradiction of statements we come up with considering the cause we fight for together.

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Seems this topic comes up more or less monthly. I totally agree with the OP on this one. I have been a avid digg user for quite awhile. It is a great concept and has led me to many things I never would have found before. As answers to these qoutes I will add some comments that very much are what digg should be....

Give them a rest? There isn't a 'them'. Digg is a democratic news service where you vote for the news you want. It isn't like we just migrated there, most of us have been there for over a year, long before Ron Paul ever announced his candidacy. So please, keep your opinion to yourself.

Many people have set up accounts JUST to digg ron paul stories. That is actually against the terms of service and those accounts should be deleted and removed.

We really should not bury stories about Ron Paul or from any RP supporters. It harms their account if their stories get buried. It makes the account seem less worthy. This is in the Digg algorythm for who is the most important people and what value their diggs have. Not all diggs are the same.

I have had stories buried from other people like Glenn Beck, Huckabee, etc. We certainly dont need to do it to ourselves, nor should we.

If you dont like a story dont d1gg it. I think that is simple.

And I agree we should not submit a blog post if there is a main post about something. But sometimes the main story has been buried or has no room for comment that a story needs.

You are contradicting yourself... first you say we should never bury a RP story, then you say that people should not post blogspam. Well when blogspam is posted it MUST be buried. The big problem is not so much in the digging of articles but the careless, redundent, and sometime worthless postings that get dugg up from fanboyism.

Why don't you guys make an apology "come look at our perspective" digg article and rate it to the point that it becomes a front pager?

. . . Is that not so great of an idea?

There have been a few of these all ready.

it's user driven...we can't "abuse" it when it's a democracy the way it is

You can "Abuse" the terms of service which many supporters have. I personally bury about 50% of Ron Paul stories because the are dupes, or just direct copies of a news story placed in a blog.

In closing I will say that I think EVERY digg user knows who Ron Paul is. By overwhelming digg with pointless articles with no real use we will only push them more and more away. Our goal should be to GAIN votes and supporters not to alienate them.