That didn’t take long.
Looks suspicious, but sex sells, right? Maybe there was nothing against TOU. Maybe it was all just language and innuendo which are perfectly fine for Digg.
Nope. [Read more...]
Are You Really “Ghost Banned” on StumbleUpon?
August 16, 2009 by 8 Comments
I have had a lot of good comments about the article “How to not get Banned on Stumblupon“, and I appreciate all of them. One issue that has received a lot of attention is the “ghost banning”.
I want to clear something up for those of you who are now afraid to thumb up your friends stuff, or who think they can no longer thumb or review their favorite sites. I am going to explain how the process works from my knowledge in hopes of putting your mind at ease.
First of all, when you go to check one of your recent discoveries and find that it says “discovered by someone” rather than yourself, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are ghost banned. You may be experiencing:
- A glitch. They happen all the time on most sites and SU is no exception.
- You are sandboxed, which I will explain below.
I got a lot of my information for the term “sandboxed” from a post Jeff Quipp made a couple of years ago. Where ever you are buddy, thank you! I wasn’t sure how to explain it until I found his post. [Read more...]
RT if you’re #notabot – Pass it on
August 12, 2009 by 24 Comments
Bots on twitter are getting more clever. Accounts can be automated to seem as real as you or me.
Believe it or not, there’s actually a place for bots on Twitter. For many, they can be effective for certain things such as RSS feeds for blogs, tag retweeting, etc. The problem is with the automated accounts that are nothing other than ways to accumulate followers to spread whatever spammy message the botmaster wants spread either now or in the future.
We will be tracking the hashtag #notabot going forward and listing accounts that claim to be, well, not a bot. Accounts that tweet it will be verified for authenticity and listed here weekly. [Read more...]
After the Digg Townhall, Social Blade will Break it Down
August 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Digg is having one of their quarterly Townhall Meetings tomorrow (Thursday, August 13th). The team at the Social Blade Show will be there and will focus their show on discussing what’s new, what was discussed, and how it will affect the Digg community.
7 Reasons Why I Won’t Tweet Diggbar Links Ever Again…
August 1, 2009 by 21 Comments
… and you shouldn’t either.
With that out of the way, let’s get right down to it:
1. They Pulled a “Bait and Switch”
Regardless of what anyone at Digg says, this was just wrong. They should have either kept the Diggbar as a URL shortener or launched it initially with its current functionality.
Wikipedia defines a Bait and Switch as:
In retail sales, a bait and switch is a form of fraud in which the party putting forth the fraud lures in customers by advertising a product or service at an unprofitably low price, then reveals to potential customers that the advertised good is not available but that a substitute is available.
Below is my version of the definition as it fits with what Digg has done: [Read more...]
