Comments on: Digg Getting Gamed (Accidentally?) for School http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/ Thoughts on Web 2.0, Social Media, Marketing. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Deep Jive Interests » UPDATE: Digg Deletes AliWood — Editorial “Execution” or Personal Preference? http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Deep Jive Interests » UPDATE: Digg Deletes AliWood — Editorial “Execution” or Personal Preference? Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:14:34 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/#comment-44 [...] UPDATE: Digg Deletes AliWood — Editorial “Execution” or Personal Preference? August 17th, 2006 at 11:42 pm by Tony [Recap: “Aliwood” a Cadet at the US Air Force Academy was asked by a class assignment to post articles to Digg as well as participate by writing comments.  She asked for some help by contacting a prominent Digger.  Things have swirled out of control thereafter as have posts were digged not based on their own merit, but the story around her]  [...] [...] UPDATE: Digg Deletes AliWood — Editorial “Execution” or Personal Preference? August 17th, 2006 at 11:42 pm by Tony [Recap: “Aliwood” a Cadet at the US Air Force Academy was asked by a class assignment to post articles to Digg as well as participate by writing comments.  She asked for some help by contacting a prominent Digger.  Things have swirled out of control thereafter as have posts were digged not based on their own merit, but the story around her]  [...]

]]> By: Tony http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Tony Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:23:10 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/#comment-42 Hey there AC, I agree -- the comments section is getting downright nasty. (check this out: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_is_providing_free_Internet_access_to_the_residents_of_Mt_View_CA) I guess I'd be freaked out as well ... but I guess it goes to show what kind of nerve this has touched off, because maybe it shows: i) how easily Digg (as a process) can get gamed ii) how easily Diggers (as people) can get gamed by a pretty face iii) what kind of conflagration all this can quickly blow up into. Hey there AC,

I agree — the comments section is getting downright nasty.
(check this out: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_is_providing_free_Internet_access_to_the_residents_of_Mt_View_CA)

I guess I’d be freaked out as well … but I guess it goes to show what kind of nerve this has touched off, because maybe it shows:

i) how easily Digg (as a process) can get gamed
ii) how easily Diggers (as people) can get gamed by a pretty face
iii) what kind of conflagration all this can quickly blow up into.

]]> By: AC http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/comment-page-1/#comment-41 AC Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:59:12 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/#comment-41 It looks like she was spooked. She has pulled her pic off her profile and now only has her hometown listed as Houston. It looks like she was spooked.

She has pulled her pic off her profile and now only has her hometown listed as Houston.

]]> By: AC http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/comment-page-1/#comment-40 AC Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:55:24 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/08/17/digg-getting-gamed-accidentally-for-school/#comment-40 She is a cadet at the US Air Force Academy. She is a cadet at the US Air Force Academy.

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