Stranger things have happened in the social media world.
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JD Rucker is Editor at Soshable, a Social Media Marketing Blog. He is a Christian, a husband, a father, and founder of both Judeo Christian Church and Dealer Authority. He drinks a lot of coffee, usually in the form of a 5-shot espresso over ice.
Stranger things have happened in the social media world.
Well, maybe not.
Digg, stuck in on the losing side of an all-or-nothing bet with their site when they changed to V4 in the beginning of September allegedly attempted to "stack the deck" on October 15th with an algorithm change designed to highlight top sites such as DailyMail and Time. According to the allegations based upon research performed by Digg user LtGenPanda, Digg (or someone wanting to help Digg) created dozens of accounts to get major mainstream publications back on the front page of their site.
The post by LtGenPanda is interesting but quite long. Here are the highlights:
There have been many stories documenting the "decline of Digg" as a traffic source and as a relevant social media site. This news comes on the heels of word that Digg will be cutting its staff by 37%, changing their business model, and going into "startup mode".
It actually makes sense for Digg to make a play like this. The top sites that were held in high regard as the key to Digg's future success haven't really worked out like Digg intended and the jump to mainstream relevancy hasn't happened. The real question one would ask (if Digg or someone associated with Digg created these accounts to spam mainstream sites to the front page) is why would they leave such an easy trail to follow? It wouldn't be hard to build 159 accounts with different names and Digging habits? Why be so obvious?
Only Digg (or someone close to Digg) knows the answer to that.
About the Author
JD Rucker is Editor at Soshable, a Social Media Marketing Blog. He is a Christian, a husband, a father, and founder of both Judeo Christian Church and Dealer Authority. He drinks a lot of coffee, usually in the form of a 5-shot espresso over ice.
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