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Digg's IM Epidemic: The Community Turns to Gaming and Corruption

Went Hot: December 20, 2007 - 6:07 am
Posted By: DoshDosh 563 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.digidave.org)
Category: News Sites

With a change in how people shared links, the manner in which stories reached the front page dramatically altered. I noticed it right away and it began very innocently with IM-ing links back and forth. But today it has become rampant. One digger confided in me "At the very least they are setting a bad example. The new breed of Digg active submitters will know nothing else of submitting and social news other than: Get your ass on IM and spam away."

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from SearchBuzz 563 days ago #

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Interesting post....I would like to read a post about what some feel the fate of Digg will be? Where the community will be in 2, 4, 6 years? Still going strong? Gone, and used an an adjective or a lesson for others following in its footstep? Only time will really tell.....

Thanks Maki for the find~

from hugoguzman 562 days ago #

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It's a side endictment on humanity. The idea behind a democratic voting site like Digg is great, but in practice, it always be exploited for some sort of financial gain.

Sort of like our democratic government model ; )