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> They are literally making the same exact mistakes, I haven't seen them make a formal system whereby publishers can pay to have their content autosubmitted an
by Angostura 7y ago
> They are literally making the same exact mistakes,
I haven't seen them make a formal system whereby publishers can pay to have their content autosubmitted and promoted to the front page. That was what killed Digg.
- cubano 7y agoOk..yes I'll admit I never even knew that Digg did that. I thought Digg's vote system was simply being gamed by bad actors. The idea that someone at Digg thought it would be even a reasonably good thing to have the system you describe is totally bonkers.
- Angostura 7y agoNice little summary here https://searchengineland.com/digg-v4-how-to-successfully-kill-a-community-50450 https://searchengineland.com/digg-v4-how-to-successfully-kil... It was really was an astonishingly cack-handed set of decisions.
- archey1 7y agoReddit doesn't need this system there are plenty of vote farms that you can pay a miniscule amount of money to and they will do it for you.