Comments on: Digg Argues It Has Ways to Prevent Manipulation http://thomashawk.com/2006/03/digg-argues-it-has-ways-to-prevent.html Sat, 26 May 2012 02:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeremiah http://thomashawk.com/2006/03/digg-argues-it-has-ways-to-prevent.html/comment-page-1#comment-15570 Jeremiah Sat, 18 Mar 2006 12:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=2221#comment-15570 Color me unconvinced...at the moment. I like Digg, too, but too many stories recently have been links to questionable sources - blogs with videos of Google OS, for example, or a 14 year old hired by Google.<br /><br />One common misconception is that a high number of Diggs gives the story authenticity. One often has to read deep into the comments before a sense of balance is achieved.<br /><br />And I don't know how much faith I have in swarm behavior to identify and promote important stories or memes. Most of what's on Digg will be on BoingBoing, MeFi or their ilk within a day anyway, so it's not like Digg is really uncovering anything substantial or new....Digg still relies on "traditional" media to provide it with something to Digg.<br /><br />Digg has some trials coming, however. I predict at least ONE major con-job via Digg, most likely a character-assassination of some kind, followed by the invariable lawsuits.<br /><br />I think I'd also point to your story, TH, about PriceRite. While the story was certainly interesting (the vigilante narrative appeals so much to the techy crowd), I don't think it was deserving of the massive attention it garnered. Yes, PriceRite's a bunch of assholes, but I think there are more socially responsible things to be doing with our outrage than outing some two-bit camera-shop shysters. Color me unconvinced…at the moment. I like Digg, too, but too many stories recently have been links to questionable sources – blogs with videos of Google OS, for example, or a 14 year old hired by Google.

One common misconception is that a high number of Diggs gives the story authenticity. One often has to read deep into the comments before a sense of balance is achieved.

And I don’t know how much faith I have in swarm behavior to identify and promote important stories or memes. Most of what’s on Digg will be on BoingBoing, MeFi or their ilk within a day anyway, so it’s not like Digg is really uncovering anything substantial or new….Digg still relies on “traditional” media to provide it with something to Digg.

Digg has some trials coming, however. I predict at least ONE major con-job via Digg, most likely a character-assassination of some kind, followed by the invariable lawsuits.

I think I’d also point to your story, TH, about PriceRite. While the story was certainly interesting (the vigilante narrative appeals so much to the techy crowd), I don’t think it was deserving of the massive attention it garnered. Yes, PriceRite’s a bunch of assholes, but I think there are more socially responsible things to be doing with our outrage than outing some two-bit camera-shop shysters.

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