jakobhummelen 2009-03-06 08:55:38

Yeah, that's fucked up.. I've had issues with Digg also and they're not exactly willing to help ya out.

Fixing the buttons probably helps a lot, I'm not sure how many NG users use Digg but seeing as most of them are very tech-savvy I'd imagine frontpage animations being dugg (?) over 1000 times.

Halvgoeden 2009-03-06 08:56:28

That's the internet for you.

Kenshin1913 2009-03-06 09:10:08

Yeah that stinks. Tom are you going to see the Watchmen?

skarai 2009-03-06 09:18:26

Yay for larger icons!

malefic-puppy 2009-03-06 09:21:00

Powerusers are *** fags.

I wish that they could implement a system that would allow one to switch the promoted post for the original one. At least some decent users pointed out that the original one is on Newgrounds.

Maybe you should switch for Reddit... :/

HeroInteractive 2009-03-06 09:24:14

Hey Tom, I feel your pain, believe me.

Awhile ago Dan from ArmorGames uploaded our game StarShine onto Digg and it got buried even after having 80 diggs. I was extremely frustrated that a game I knew would get front page on every game portal was having issues while 50 crappy ass games were front paged on digg. When I contacted digg to find out why the game got buried, I got their standard reply on how infallible their digging algorithm is.

Myself, not willing to succumb to defeat, posted the exact same game again to digg but this time the url went to my site. When users came to my site, they were immediately redirected back to StarShine on ArmorGames. Result? The second starshine got front paged, then the next day, the original got front paged, meaning StarShine had two entries both pointing towards armorgames side by side on the front page of digg. Eat that Digg staff!

On another side note, Dan and I have found several times that a single "super user" has buried a game with just one vote even when it might have no other buries and nearly 90 or more diggs accumulated over 2 hours. If memory serves me right, Fancy Pants Adventures on Newgrounds was submitted to Digg, we monitored the blams using third party software, and sure enough a single bury was all it took despite a hundred diggs. How does FPA 2 get buried on Digg?

For these reasons and more, Digg is dead to me. Forever on my black list of sites I won't touch again.

kokonut10 2009-03-06 09:36:38

WTF is a Digg?

Tugoro 2009-03-06 09:39:01

CHECK OUT THAT ANGLE DIS-TANGLE HUHHH???

The-EXP 2009-03-06 09:40:03

This infuriated me. I've made digg frontpage a few times where the link has been to some obscure site which has hosted the NG version of a game of mine. At least game programmers don't have to worry about youtube versions...

SimonG 2009-03-06 09:41:06

Looking forward to see whos gonna win the tank award.

I really hoped that Philips was gonna come up with something great, and again achieve this award. Thawouldbeawesome.

mrnihil 2009-03-06 09:45:14

liberal blogger elitists outnumber people who need the collab right zomg now.

hansari 2009-03-06 09:49:46

Next time you post something up on digg, you should call NG to arms and ask us to help bolster the "digg this" option...

Colbert has done it (top right corner) <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/home">http://www.colbertnation.com/home</a>

Psychogoldfish has done it <a href="http://psychogoldfish.newgrounds.com/">http://psychogoldfish.newgrounds.com/
</a> (shamWOW)

Even Robs done it <a href="http://rob.newgrounds.com/">http://rob.newgrounds.com/</a> (doom flash would've probably won on its own merits though...)

USE YOUR MINIONS TOM!! THEY AWAIT YOUR ORDERS!!

Starogre 2009-03-06 10:00:23

yay tank awards!

and yea. people think by posting everything on digg they won't have to go to college and make a living off of being a no-named news poster

malefic-puppy 2009-03-06 10:01:51

To answer one of your question Tom, the Bury button is located under the description of the Digg, at the top of the page. There's a red X icon right besides it.

By a matter of fact, I just buried a duplicate of awesome flash called "Saturday Morning Watchmen"

knugen 2009-03-06 10:09:40

That sucks. I believe I have a Digg account, haven't used it like at all, but I will see if I can still log on to it and at least give you one more Digg :P

Btw, you might remember me contacting you about the post previewer thingy that I'm making for the forums? Well, I ran into some troubles on the formatting, and I've contacted liljim asking if I could have a look at the source code for that. He haven't gotten back to me though, think you can give him a nudge from me? ;)

Sausau 2009-03-06 10:12:43

"No offense, future man, but is everyone in your time retarded ?"

I guess we have the answer now

AHAHAHAHAHA I'm lovin' it

Weasel 2009-03-06 10:18:06

Yeah, I'm pretty much done with Digg as a user, and it never really worked out for site promotion. The site's user power is too unbalanced. It's almost like a monarchy; The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many.
Maybe some digg users need to split off and colonize elsewhere and create the United Sites of The INTERWEB! Reddit will have to do for now u_u

ImpendingRiot 2009-03-06 10:29:05

If there's any bright side to this shit-lined cloud Tom, at least the comments that show Newgrounds.com as the proper source are getting very digged up.

fluffkomix 2009-03-06 10:45:00

cant wait for the tankies!

and i dont touch digg. it scares me.

Ukinojoe 2009-03-06 10:59:13

I ain't sayin' Digg a gold Digger
But dey ain't dealin' wit no broke NG-er