What is it about DUPE that you don't understand?
As a long time Digg user, I get annoyed by seeing the same story over and over. I see dupes everyday. Not just while digging, but while viewing front page articles. So how does a story make it to the front page twice? Let's think about the submission process. Someone sees an article that they like and click to submit. The first thing they do is post the URL. Digg tells them that the URL is the same as one that has already been posted. They submit anyway. Then they spend all that time thinking of a catchy title & description. After that, Digg notifies them again that there are duplicate stories just like this one, some with the same URL. They hit continue anyway. Then enough people Digg it again that it makes the front page again. What possesses someone to go through all that trouble when most of us have seen it before? In the mean time, other users are submitting articles that are brand new and never making the front page. In my case... yesterday I posted the article on CNN about Bush tapping bank records. I got about 3 diggs. 2 hours later, someone else posted the same exact article and it made the front page. I DON'T GET IT! This person saw my article with the same URL and clicked submit anyway. What is it about DUPE that you don't understand? This is what makes Digg so frustrating! Next time, pay attention and stop bugging all of us!
3 Comments:
well based on everything you described (i'm not familiar with digg submission process) -- it simply means the second guy had a much more creative title. Otherwise yours would have made front page first.
Why do people get so annoyed with dupes? The only reason (that I can think of at least) is because people want to get the recognition for being one of the front page posters (I've been guilty of this too) and just get jealous when people steal something they found first. But Digg isn't about awarding the users for a lot of submissions, it's about informing the users. This situation is a perfect example of where the Digg system works out. If you've never read the story, and are glad you did, then you digg it. If you've read it before, you don't digg it, but instead report it as a duplicate story, you don't need to scream it in the comments. If you had never read it before, but think it was a waste of time to read, you simply report it as lame. If enough people digg the story, that's saying that it's enough people haven't read it, that it's worth promoting to the front page. Since the Digg team keeps the specific algoriths secret (as far as I know at least), I can't confirm that if a story hasn't made it to the front page yet, reporting it will require the story to get more diggs before it gets the the front page. If this is true, which I hope it is, then if enough people report it the first time they see it, other users won't have to see it on the front page either.
I know this wasn't perfectly clear, but I hope you at least kind of understand what I'm saying.
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