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Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Lyndon Antcliff — Mon, 21 May 2007 03:16:29 -0000

Billy, you make the front page when you have a kick ass, killer, double helping of mind melting content.

It's a mistake to think you can "trick" your way on. You may get a blip out of it, but you will soon get hammered and have the mark of Cain burnt on your forehead.

Also, it's really about getting on digg, it's about using digg to get people to your article and then getting them to link to it. Unless you article is kick ass, killer, double helping of mind melting conent, it wont do much.

You might think, "Oh sure, Lyndon's cracked it, like we didn't know that already". But it's not as simple as that, you have to take into account what makes people acually vote for your story and actually vote. It's as difficult as an ad agency trying to figure out how to sell a packet of wash powder.

If you can't write, then I suggest you hire someone who can.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Lyndon Antcliff — Mon, 21 May 2007 03:16:29 -0000

Billy, you make the front page when you have a kick ass, killer, double helping of mind melting content.

It's a mistake to think you can "trick" your way on. You may get a blip out of it, but you will soon get hammered and have the mark of Cain burnt on your forehead.

If you can't write, then I suggest you hire someone who can.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AndyBeard — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:06:01 -0000

The "slow down" is actually a good thing because it at least partially prevents automation.

As I said in the article

I suppose at this point I should add a warning, you can only add a few friends at a time, and then go and make a coffee. That is one of the reasons it is worth keeping up-to-date.

As to how this is used, once you have a few friends you will see multiple ways that Digg tells you about what your friends have dugg. You can see what they have commented on, submitted, and the friends tab can show you what all your friends have recently Dugg.

That way when you go to Digg an article on someone's blog, you can also spend a few minutes seeing what else your friends have found cool.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AndyBeard — Mon, 21 May 2007 02:06:01 -0000

The "slow down" is actually a good thing because it at least partially prevents automation.

As I said in the article

I suppose at this point I should add a warning, you can only add a few friends at a time, and then go and make a coffee. That is one of the reasons it is worth keeping up-to-date.

That way when you go to Digg an article on someone's blog, you can also spend a few minutes seeing what else your friends have found cool.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

BillyWarhol — Sun, 20 May 2007 23:57:00 -0000

Forget about 10's or 100's of Frinedz on DIGG they stopped me dead in my tracks after adding 4 & Andy was gonna be #5!!

yeah i did have 1 Friend to begin with ilkeryoldas! but thass more to my being in Love with his Natalia Icon!!

;PPP

U know it's Funny i tried to spend a Few minutes of MY Time on Digg adding Friendz & after adding 4 who i recognize & then deciding to do the Search to add AndyBeard the author of the Blog article - I received a Warning from DIGG that i was adding Friendz TOO FAST!!

Like SCREW that!!

DIGG is no more a Social Network than fly*

a waste of time maybe trying to Help yer Friendz out but not much else*

;))

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

BillyWarhol — Sun, 20 May 2007 23:57:00 -0000

Forget about 10's or 100's of Frinedz on DIGG they stopped me dead in my tracks after adding 4 & Andy was gonna be #5!!

yeah i did have 1 Friend to begin with ilkeryoldas! but thass more to my being in Love with his Natalia Icon!!

;PPP

Like SCREW that!!

DIGG is no more a Social Network than fly*

a waste of time maybe trying to Help yer Friendz out but not much else*

;))

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

BillyWarhol — Sun, 20 May 2007 23:22:56 -0000

Nice article Andy!

I'm not a huge Digg user but i try & Digg my peeps whenever they ask or i get a chance too*

I'm still a little clueless as to How U actually get people to Digg yer Article - short of doing an Email Blast to yer Friendz asking them to???

I came across U cuz yer featured on BlogCatalog which i like & i'm also a Big Fan of MyBlogLog which has delivered some much needed Viewers ie Traffic to my Blog - so i have to give them Full Props for that!! Also i've met some amazing people + seen some awesome Blogs that otherwise i'm sure i never would have found!!

Cheers Andy!! Billy ;))

Peace*

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

BillyWarhol — Sun, 20 May 2007 23:22:56 -0000

Nice article Andy!

I'm not a huge Digg user but i try & Digg my peeps whenever they ask or i get a chance too*

I'm still a little clueless as to How U actually get people to Digg yer Article - short of doing an Email Blast to yer Friendz asking them to???

Cheers Andy!! Billy ;))

Peace*

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AndyBeard — Sun, 20 May 2007 04:42:28 -0000

I have had it suggested to me (check on Bumpzee), that there are limits to how many friends you should make, but I doubt most people are anywhere near that.
You also have to think of spheres of influence. Your 100 reciprocated friends are going to most likely be different to the 100 friends I reciprocate with.
There will certainly be some overlap among the most active diggers, but I doubt Digg would have the ability to see who befriended you if you were not meant to also use it in some way.

I don't see many of the top Digg users avoiding reciprocating friends, and at the same time I can easily spot relationships where people have deliberately not reciprocated.

That being said, apparently one active Digg users just got banned for digging too much, so maybe Digg are monitoring click-throughs and intervals between Diggs.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AndyBeard — Sun, 20 May 2007 04:42:28 -0000

I don't see many of the top Digg users avoiding reciprocating friends, and at the same time I can easily spot relationships where people have deliberately not reciprocated.

That being said, apparently one active Digg users just got banned for digging too much, so maybe Digg are monitoring click-throughs and intervals between Diggs.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Seo Refugee Blog — Sat, 19 May 2007 22:58:11 -0000

Andy, have you found that even if your story gets a lot of diggs if it's mostly by people on your friends list that it doesn't go popular as easy?

I ask because if that's the case, it may be better to NOT reciprocate as many friendships.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Seo Refugee Blog — Sat, 19 May 2007 22:58:11 -0000

Andy, have you found that even if your story gets a lot of diggs if it's mostly by people on your friends list that it doesn't go popular as easy?

I ask because if that's the case, it may be better to NOT reciprocate as many friendships.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Dave — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:39:12 -0000

This is the best"How To Digg" article i have ever read. I havd Dugg now and then but this really opened my eyes as to how I can implement good Digg practices.

Thank You

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Dave — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:39:12 -0000

This is the best"How To Digg" article i have ever read. I havd Dugg now and then but this really opened my eyes as to how I can implement good Digg practices.

Thank You

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AgentSully — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:03:02 -0000

Is there a way to contact digg friends to say thanks? Especially if they don't have a website. thanks.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AgentSully — Thu, 17 May 2007 16:03:02 -0000

Is there a way to contact digg friends to say thanks? Especially if they don't have a website. thanks.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Matthew Jabs — Tue, 15 May 2007 10:53:31 -0000

Great write up Andy!

I'll definitely be using this. Maybe this is one of the reasons I'm not getting the traffic I'd like! ;-)

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Matthew Jabs — Tue, 15 May 2007 10:53:31 -0000

Great write up Andy!

I'll definitely be using this. Maybe this is one of the reasons I'm not getting the traffic I'd like! ;-)

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Mr. BabyMan — Tue, 15 May 2007 04:50:04 -0000

Excellent article. Very informative. It's a shame it got buried so quickly. Establishing friends is second in importance only to submitting quality content on digg.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Mr. BabyMan — Tue, 15 May 2007 04:50:04 -0000

Excellent article. Very informative. It's a shame it got buried so quickly. Establishing friends is second in importance only to submitting quality content on digg.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Mark — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:02:22 -0000

Thanks for this post - I know Digg is a valuable tool, but it's so hard to know all the ways it can serve you. I'm definitely going to become a more active Digg user now.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

Mark — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:02:22 -0000

Thanks for this post - I know Digg is a valuable tool, but it's so hard to know all the ways it can serve you. I'm definitely going to become a more active Digg user now.

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AgentSully — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:25:52 -0000

Duh! I'm still learning. Here's my digg friend link: http://www.digg.com/invitef...

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AgentSully — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:25:52 -0000

Duh! I'm still learning. Here's my digg friend link: http://www.digg.com/invitef...

Re: How To Find The Digg Friends You Never Knew You Had

AgentSully — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:23:37 -0000

Hey, I'm in one of your screenshots above! Cool. Let's be friends! I recently started reading your blog. I'm going to befriend you over at digg. Good article!