Comments on: Village Voice ‘gaming Digg’ and other social-media sites

By: Gamer

Gamer — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:38:47 +0000

Gaming traffic is a weakness on Digg and all those type of sites. The top stories are usually
all cheesy “7 ways to xxx” put up by spammers so I have not read digg for years. A
small group of paid for social jive web 2.0 chiselers can jump on and distort any of these
sites that depend on recomendations and do when money is involved. Like gold farming
in games or bid shills on Ebay an organized small gang can have an effect much greater than
people that abide by the rules.

By: Mary Turck

Mary Turck — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:50:53 +0000

Great job, Paul — this is an effort that really undermines all on-line media by distorting traffic figures.

By: How Village Voice Media Uses Digg to Game Their Traffic Numbers | The Deets

How Village Voice Media Uses Digg to Game Their Traffic Numbers | The Deets — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:27:53 +0000

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