Posts Tagged “Digg”

Bing Bigger Than Digg? Twitter? Not Quite.

by Tony Hung on July 9, 2009

Ben Parr at Mashable says Bing, Microsoft’s latest search engine offering, is doing well.  So well, in fact, that its bigger than Digg, Twitter and CNN. But none of that matters if Bing doesn’t grow and find a way to (…)

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Lessons in Linkbait XI: “How to Sell Weed on Facebook”

by Tony Hung on July 7, 2009

Allfacebook has a great post which should do well on Reddit and / or Digg, since potheads love promoting their neverending love of pot marijuana advocacy  is probably the second and fourth most popular topics on those social news sites. (…)

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Better Question: Would a Social Media Revolt “Matter” If Nothing Was Remedied?

by Tony Hung on May 17, 2009

Ben Parr asks “Why Social Media Revolts Take Place”, and goes through the usual places (crib notes: they do something that seriously cheeses its users, obviously visible in hindsight).  I think the better question is “what would have happened if (…)

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What Happened With Pownce?

by Tony Hung on July 25, 2008

*image via Quantcast Almost 8 months into its public launch, Pownce is looking like a bit of a lame duck. Which is strange (or not). On paper, Pownce seems like a better Twitter than Twitter, given that you can also (…)

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What Drives More Traffic Than Getting Digged, Reddited, Delicious’d, or StumbledUpon?

by Tony Hung on July 16, 2008

From the “oh yeah — its that important” department”, Om “GigaOm” Malik reports how beneficial being “buzzed” has been for GigaOm.com.  And of course he’s referring to Yahoo Buzz, which is a social news type of site that was launched (…)

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Newsflash! Digg FrontPage Still Dominated By Small Group of Diggers!

by Tony Hung on July 6, 2008

There are a few (tech) blogging topics that are eternal. Comments vs. no comment.  A-listers vs. non-A-listers.  Techmeme sucks vs. Techmeme is still teh hot.  Also, for those in social media: Digg is pwned by a small number of diggers. (…)

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