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Now that the election and post-election elation is over, it’s time for Digg to go back to basics. Very basic. Yes, now that McCain/Palin bashing is over and the Obama love-fest is waning, Digg will rapidly return to its primary reason for existence: funny pictures. As can be seen at any given moment on the “Top in All Topics” widget on their right toolbar, it’s time for lolcats, funny signs, photoshop ingenuity, and paint by numbers to make its triumphant return atop the most Dugg “media”. I’m so excited. Can you tell? * * * Read more Digg analysis on Social News Watch. Read Full Story

New Media Concepts the Digg Bury Brigade and How to Fight it. 9 references and 1 idea. Digg.com has the bury function for a real and good reason SPAM! Really, we all know it is a problem with any website in one form or another. Yet with Digg the bury feature has fast become a weapon instead of a defense. The Digg bury brigade does exist, the Digg bury brigade is real. Now that we have the simple fact out of the way that the bury brigades are real, let’s make some sense of it shall we? Digg works based on an algorithm and ... Read Full Story

dam mahalo.com has done this to my URLs, “Oops, we already declined that link for this Mahalo result. Know any other great links?” they have done this to my http://www.ustream.tv/channel/e-tard http://www.e-tard.tv & any subdomains of e-tard.tv I say fuck mahalo.com that site just wants to be a big name link site but never will be as big as stumbleupon.com or digg.com , over time everyone will forget all about that dumb ass site. Read Full Story

This was posted by Reg “Zaibatsu” Saddler himself at Social News Central. We don’t post a lot of social media humor on this blog, but that’s classic. Read Full Story

A recent reply by Reg “Zaibatsu” Saddler on Social News Central sparked a lot of interest in the social media world. There were invitations for interviews, mentions of revolts, consoling words, outrage, and the occasional basher all throughout the comments. Digg buried the story. Fast. After a questionable pair of submissions from a questionable site, Zaibatsu was banned. It seems to be happening a lot lately. Still, he sent in a request for reinstatement that was polite and apologetic. Here is their reply: Hello R.J., Thanks for contacting us at Digg.com. At this time, we are unable to remove the ban on your account. ... Read Full Story

After the first round of bannings, I made a bet with MikeonTV . He said that, despite Digg saying that the bans were permanent, that they would get it all straightened out and give them a second chance if they sent an email saying they wouldn’t break the rules any more and would delete all scripts from their computer. My thought was that Digg does not go back on their “word” when it comes to these types of issues (even though they have gone back on their word on other issues, but that’s not for this post) and nobody would be given a second ... Read Full Story

For many, getting a story on the front page of Digg is a nice accomplishment. Some people submit dozens, even hundreds of stories over the months and years and never make it. Others find modest success — 15 front page stories puts users in the top 1000 ranks on the site that gets over 20 million unique visitors a month. For a pair of active diggers, the day they hit the top 1000 list is way behind them. (more…) Read Full Story