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As a frequent user of Digg, I love observing the psychology of Diggers. One thing I love about Digg is the comment system. No, not the functionality part of it… but what people post. For the most part, Digg users have similar mentalities of different situations. Most people read the most positively rated comments, but I, on the other hand, read the most negative comments. Over the months, I have collected a list of things that really piss off the true Diggers.

1. Diggers hate Hitlery: If there is one politician all diggers hate, it’s that boyish looking woman named Hitlery. Everything negative about her will be promoted, and positives, not that she has any, will be buried.
2. Leaving Lame Comments: Don’t say “wow” or “good article” or “thanks” in the comments. You just end up looking like an idiot, and that’s why we dig you down. It’s known as comment spam. Don’t leave your signature on after your comment. We all know what happened the last time somebody did that.
3. Blog Spam: Taking a short paragraph from the original article, posting it to your blog is not only lame, but also idiotic. Digg original articles, not blog spam.
4. Annoying Ads: I don’t know what Kevin Rose was smoking when he decided to accept “Congratulations! You’ve won an ipod” ads. Don’t you just hate that annoying little high pitched voice? Also, don’t submit websites with annoying ads, no matter how good your article is, we’ll bury it!
5. Religious Enthusiasts: No we don’t want to hear what your religion has to offer. Most Diggers are atheists. If not that, then they are not interested in your religion advertisement. So, you’ll never see any kind of religious story.
6. Misinformation: Do a fact check before you posts anything. Diggers aren’t stupid, they’ll spot out any false information. This isn’t Fox News, these are Diggers who do fact checks.
7. Stories about Digg: We don’t like articles about Digg. It just seems like they write these articles just to get on the front page of Digg.
8. Top 10 Lists: That’s exactly what the internet needs: another top ten list. It just seems like after half way down, they are just making up stuff so they can get 10 things on the list. Lame.
9. Making Assumptions About Diggers: Don’t go off and write lists about what diggers are and aren’t. Every Digger is unique in their own way. Diggers really hate when they are judged based on some stupid list written by some stupid jerk with a blog.

I am sure there are plenty more. Are they are any that you’d like to share?

There’s a great amount of information transferred over in the Digg “tubes” every nanosecond. There were thousands of stories submitted on the new iPod line up. The most funny thing was that not a single entry made it to the front page about the release of Microsoft Silverlight. Entire Digg was full of Apple stories. Sometimes it just feels like Digg has so much information control, we only hear what we’re told. Take a look at this top 10 list for today, 70% of Top 10 was full of Apple stories:

What makes someone rich? Is it that they are smart? they already have money? their idea was brilliant? Forget what anyone told you, your idea doesn’t have to be unique nor does it have it to be insanely brilliant. It’s true, stupid ideas can make you money!

Most ideas are born with a friendly conversation with a friend. Let’s look at some of these multi-million dollar corporations and how they pitched their ideas.

Continue Reading: Stupid Ideas = Mad Money?

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Digg, everyone has heard of it, but as the internet expands, can Digg hold the interests of the millions? I think Digg should have new sections to separate articles from, images, videos, and lists. I have come up with the following lists that can help Digg sort out content more proficiently. Continue Reading: Expanding Digg - Why Digg Needs New Sections

No, we are not entering some Zune contest or anything, just wanted to write about what a great inspiration John Chow has been for the many members of the blogging community.

You can’t be a bird man, if you don’t know how to count. The Birdman: John Chow.

John Chow, a proud member of the “probably yo’ daddy” foundation, has inspired so many bloggers to start their own blog, and make money by blogging. His greatest technique so far has been getting people to do a review of his blog. Over 1000s of people have linked to his site by saying that John Chow helps you make money online. You can read the past archives to see what people have to say about John Chow’s blog. Continue Reading: How John Chow became THE John Chow