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Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)

Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)

Posted Jun 29, 2009 17:47 UTC (Mon) by BrucePerens (subscriber, #2510)
In reply to: Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld) by roskegg
Parent article: Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)

This is a perfectly legal although ethically shady business function offered by public relations agencies. They have people in India, etc., and robots, that vote on sites like Digg. They do it on Slashdot too. And wikipedia.

We need to do it too. Unfortunately.


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Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)

Posted Jun 29, 2009 18:14 UTC (Mon) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462) [Link]

We need to do it too. Unfortunately.

+1 hilarious

Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)

Posted Jun 29, 2009 20:43 UTC (Mon) by BrucePerens (subscriber, #2510) [Link]

Thank you for your content-free posting. How about suggesting another approach, then? And before you say it's not happening, read this.

Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)

Posted Jun 29, 2009 21:20 UTC (Mon) by jordanb (subscriber, #45668) [Link]

I think the point is that the "battle of Digg" is probably one not worth fighting.

Digg, Dug, Buried: How Linux news disappears (ComputerWorld)

Posted Jun 29, 2009 22:19 UTC (Mon) by BrucePerens (subscriber, #2510) [Link]

Not alone. But combine it with other social media, and you get the death of a thousand cuts.

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