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They are not clearly labeled they have the same look and feel of a digg submission and are only lacking some of the touches at the bottom like comments. The to

by bugs 17y ago

They are not clearly labeled they have the same look and feel of a digg submission and are only lacking some of the touches at the bottom like comments. The top says sponsored by but it says sponsored by in the light unreadable text that is nearly impossible to see if you're just navigating the site like a normal user. I've never used digg but this and their digg bar debacle are such shady business tactics that I feel I should lump them in with cash for gold.

pavs 17y ago
If you don't see this as clearly labeled ads than I believe something is wrong with your eyes. http://i.imgur.com/8Djg7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8Djg7.jpg The "digg-style" ads also lights up on mouse over. I know this sucks and feels like being duped, but if user gets duped by this kind of ads, they probably deserve to get duped. But they paraded the idea (more than once) months before running it to make sure everyone understands what going on, both within digg in the form of digg blog posts which was on the front page and outside digg in the form of interviews to tech sites like techcrunch, which were also on the digg frontpage. I am not a big fan of digg, I much prefer Reddit. But Reddit has almost the exact same system as digg (I think reddit's system was live first). Its easy to sit in your chair and criticize, but someone's gotta pay the bills.
- thomaspaine 17y ago
  >if user gets duped by this kind of ads, they probably deserve to get duped. This is not the correct way to think about the user experience I'm wearing my glasses, and it honestly took me about 30 seconds of scanning to figure out which of those articles was an ad. Now think about the readwriteweb/facebook fiasco (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_yo...) and consider how an average person interprets that page.
  - pavs 17y ago
    As much as I don't like digg, I think it is fair to say that the avg digg/reddit users are more tech savvy than facebook/myspace users. So this is not an equal comparison.
- bugs 17y ago
  I can criticize them all I want, they may have to pay the bills but tricking users really isn't a very nice way to do that. And not being a digg user it is hard to notice the difference between that and a normal submission. Reddit style is different it is always at the top has a different color and a border around it with a what is this link as well

by bugs 17y ago

pavs 17y ago

If you don't see this as clearly labeled ads than I believe something is wrong with your eyes. http://i.imgur.com/8Djg7.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8Djg7.jpg The "digg-style" ads also lights up on mouse over. I know this sucks and feels like being duped, but if user gets duped by this kind of ads, they probably deserve to get duped. But they paraded the idea (more than once) months before running it to make sure everyone understands what going on, both within digg in the form of digg blog posts which was on the front page and outside digg in the form of interviews to tech sites like techcrunch, which were also on the digg frontpage. I am not a big fan of digg, I much prefer Reddit. But Reddit has almost the exact same system as digg (I think reddit's system was live first). Its easy to sit in your chair and criticize, but someone's gotta pay the bills.

thomaspaine 17y ago
>if user gets duped by this kind of ads, they probably deserve to get duped. This is not the correct way to think about the user experience I'm wearing my glasses, and it honestly took me about 30 seconds of scanning to figure out which of those articles was an ad. Now think about the readwriteweb/facebook fiasco (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_yo...) and consider how an average person interprets that page.
- pavs 17y ago
  As much as I don't like digg, I think it is fair to say that the avg digg/reddit users are more tech savvy than facebook/myspace users. So this is not an equal comparison.
bugs 17y ago
I can criticize them all I want, they may have to pay the bills but tricking users really isn't a very nice way to do that. And not being a digg user it is hard to notice the difference between that and a normal submission. Reddit style is different it is always at the top has a different color and a border around it with a what is this link as well