Comments on: Wired buys votes on Digg, Arrington calls for lawsuit?! http://joeduck.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/ Have Blog. Will Travel. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:54:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Fools Gold http://joeduck.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/#comment-20545 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:25:21 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/#comment-20545 “…Reporting news is one thing (although they should note the conflict of interest there as well), but actively creating negative news about a competitor and then using the massive reach of Wired to promote that “news” is way over the line. …”
I don’t see how such things are unexpected: Naked Shortsellers often create or actively spread bad news about some stock they’ve shorted, online camera-store sites employ massive numbers of ‘canaries’ to sing their praises, ebay merchants create ‘trustworthiness ratings’. Interested parties often make meaningless edits in posts to keep certain topics ‘on the front page’.

Social groups have cadres dedicated to manipulation wherever there is trust.

]]> By: J. Alan Hendricks http://joeduck.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/#comment-20543 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:47:07 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/#comment-20543 I have to agree with you Joe…but why are you paying for traffic?…I only use free services..search engines and such and get my share…

A free anything is the best anything at that time….

]]> By: JoeDuck http://joeduck.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/#comment-20541 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:24:58 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/#comment-20541 Baron I have not been following this “Wired vs Digg” thing until now so I agree – what’s the big deal here? It would be more scandalous to me if Wired had *suppressed* this story as Mike seems to think they should have done.

]]> By: baron http://joeduck.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/#comment-20540 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:49:12 +0000 http://joeduck.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/wired-buys-votes-on-digg-arrington-calls-for-lawsuit/#comment-20540 I agree with you. Plus why is everyone selectively ignoring the fact that the reporter asked the Digg CEO before she did it?

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