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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

What the Digg Crowd Loves and Hates

Google tells us all about the likes and dislikes of Diggers – just search for e.g. [“i hate *” site:digg.com]. Strong language and spelling errors ahead:

Love Hate
  • digg
  • iTunes
  • bananas
  • deepfried, greasy meals
  • firfox
  • adblock
  • OneNote
  • XGL
  • grageband
  • the PowerGlove
  • copetition
  • Ubuntu
  • Trey’s comments
  • irony
  • southpark
  • crowdsurfing
  • octopuses
  • diggnation
  • macs
  • LEGO
  • ipod mini cases
  • coke
  • Lego robot kits
  • Nixie tubes (they remind you of something you see on Dr. Who or some old sci-fi show)
  • bigmacs
  • Slackware
  • DokuWiki
  • fake screenshots (they make you think, and sometimes they turn out to be, well, not so fake after all)
  • uTorrent
  • to scare people
  • digging Digg
  • streamripper
  • leftists
  • techies
  • PAPAJOHNS PIZZA !!
  • Linuxheads
  • purple horsies
  • digging the desk for staples when you run out
  • the assumption that if something is downloaded and watched instead of purchased that it’s a lost sale
  • eThugs
  • thoes annoying commercials
  • handguns (handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other)
  • suckdot (because the asshole staff that declines to post your submission, but some jackass a day later posts what you did and it gets accepted)
  • FF’s password manager.
  • wallwarts
  • those sceintolgoy guys
  • slashdot’s system. It is confusing.
  • fanboys
  • slashdot’s comments (unless I change it to flat), because there’s no good way to read modded down comments
  • DRM
  • clicking through a ton of menus and categories.
  • duggmirror
  • scammers!
  • ILOVEYOU viruses
  • Dupes
  • Digg’s search
  • frogs legs
  • digg’s new layout.
  • flamewars between PCs and Macs. (WHO CARES!? They’re two separate computers. One’s better for some things/people, other for other things/people)
  • Bush
  • widgets
  • dup nazis
  • frameworks
  • WMP
  • slanted headlines
  • blatant self-promotors on digg
  • misleading titles
  • buzzwords
  • Websense
  • idiots
  • bandwagon whores

Of course, you can do the same probing for any other website with comments...

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