SI staffer busted trying to influence social media site

Offered memorabilia and other stuff in exchange for Diggs ...

http://www.businessinsider.com/busted-sports-illustrated-caught-trying-to-get-on-digg-2009-10

 

What the hell is Digg?

 

(Sorry, I've got nothing)

 

Digg is a social news site. People "digg" stories they like. Higher-rated stories get better positioning on the Web site.

 

Umm, what's the big deal?
It is somebody who works in SI's promotions office and he approached someone about what is basically contributing, but they couldn't pay him, just give him free crap.
Whatever.

In full disclosure news: The first web video I did. I posted a link on my facebook and told everyone to go look at it. I think I even promised sexual favors in exchange. I'm up to 62 views! Oh wait, that still sucks.

 

Jay, gaming the system like that is a no-no.

It's kind of like the old radio station payola schemes were music labels would pay for airtime.

 

and I get 15 weeks of Sports Illustrated? Wow!

 

No, it's more like record companies dropping off tons of t-shirts and free CDs and other dubious promotional crap. Happens every day.

However, if it helps things move smoothly, I'll support hard time for this fucker because of his attempts to compromise the integrity of Digg.

 

It "has some very amusing features." That ought to get people running to the site.

Digg people get all sanctimonious about this "gaming" stuff, but I've never really understood why.

 

Or, back in the prehistoric days when MTV played music videos, record companies ordering interns to call 1-800-DIAL MTV and request videos by the label's artists.

 

The way it was offered was ham-handed at best.

Not the way to start a business relationship.

It reads like a high school kid wrote it, not as a letter of intoduction should read. Yes, I know it was an email.

It's business, not a message board post or Twitter.

 

Sanctimony on the internet is always laughable.