Digg Commenters Eagle-eyed On Site-gaming
Sure, digg has been trodden upon by some and there may even be a general consensus that digg comments leave something to be desired when compared to comments on Slashdot, but if it’s one thing I have to hand over to the digg commenters, they know when something is not their own as was the case with this story on FeedHub which we’ll take a look on this blog most likely. It didn’t really occur to me, but the story seemed to have been gamed. Gaming is essentially when you get a lot of people to digg a story, making it reach to the front page through some sort of compensation to the people or because the same people have some vested interest in the story. While it’s uncertain if the story really has really been gamed, there is certainly a difference in the way the comments are put across that makes you suspicious.
Of course, we have to think about gaming in general. There really isn’t a problem with asking your friends to digg a story now, is there? But when money isinvolved there is a definite difference. It’s an issue I am sure the digg team has to deal with and look at seriously.