Comments on: Interview with Brajeshwar, A Digg Top User

By: Abhishek Kumar

Abhishek Kumar — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:38:56 +0000

Brajeshwar is one of the oldest bloggers of India. He is a big source of inspiration for bloggers like me.

By: Thilak

Thilak — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:06:09 +0000

Vyoma: Oh.. It was just a temporary issue. Sometimes, I get so silly

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:03:18 +0000

@Thilak

That is odd. I can see my blog alright. Could you check it up again, please?

By: Thilak

Thilak — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:50:37 +0000

Vyoma: Yeah, that’s what concerns most of us. Why not be a part of it. I have set a short term goal of being a digg top user.

BTW, I can read your blog, I’m getting Time Out Errors

By: Vyoma

Vyoma — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:23:17 +0000

Yes, I too find it rather irrating that only stories dugg by some group of induviduals see the front page. But there is nothing much for me to worry about, cause the articles that I try to put are a bit more timeless in nature. If it is really worth, it will gain popularity naturally and gradually – some one diggs it or not.

Moreover, I feel the quality of digg-driven traffic is a bit low in terms of stickiness and return visitors. They are more on the look out for on the toe kind of news and not something that remains after a storm.

About solving the issue of gaming Digg, just hiding the names of the diggers and submitters would solve it to a great extent.

By: Hans

Hans — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:55:43 +0000

Nice interview Thilak…I learned lots of tips and tricks for Digg up there, thanks for these.

I think Newsvine is also doing a great job, wouldn’t it? But then it isn’t a traffic centre as Digg.

By: Thilak

Thilak — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:24:11 +0000

Anirudh: I surely agree with you, but captchas will drive away diggers, I think hiding the submitter’s name or digger’s name should solve everything.

By: Brajeshwar

Brajeshwar — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:21:31 +0000

Thanks for talking to me. The pleasure was perhaps all mine.

By: Anirudh

Anirudh — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:12:56 +0000

Frankly, I’m annoyed by the fact that only certain users have monopoly over frontpage news and most of it nowadays are about very small insignificant things. I’m thinking of a new type of digg where digging is made possible only by captchas and nobody can see who dugg the story or who submitted it so there will be more quality content hopefully. I’m writing a little php for that and hopefuly things will work out for that.