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GNC-2006-12-29 #228



Last show of the year so I do some wrap up stats and of course bring you a full line of tech with a special performance at the end of the show by my two aspiring artist here in the house.

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GNC-2006-12-19 #226



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Big time Posting FRAUD by a TOP Digg Poster



I suppose this was bound to happen but it appears some top Digg users are being paid off. To make it worse some are being PAID by PR firm to put postings on Digg?

Jason Calacanis reports this on his blog

“A PR/marketing firm confirmed with me that they had a number of the top 50 users on digg now on the payroll–and this wasn’t a totally insignificant firm.”

Folks this really stinks to high heaven, and just goes to prove that anyone can be bought off. It’s one thing to post a Digg entry because you think something is worthy, it is quite another to post a Digg article having been paid to do it and use your current rank as a Top Digg users to manipulate the system. [Jason Calacanis]


GNC-2006-11-28 #220



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A Top 50 Digg User stops Digging and Starts Blogging!



TechsI asked in this Blog a few days ago why the Top Digg users don’t start blogging versus digging. These writers are obviously very talented in finding great content. Well today I received an e-mail from a Top 50 Digg user and he for now at least is going to Blog versus Digg his decision was partly due to my original post.

In response I have added his blog to my daily read list, if he really wants to kick it up a notch launch a new blog and recruit a team of top digg users post to and share the spoils. Count me in as a subscriber if they do. Heck I would pay to get access to a blog that the top diggers were actively posting to.

The price to get started is as close to zero as one can get. If they work together it could be a very powerful thing! [hemphill81.blogspot.com]