____/ cc on Saturday 28 July 2007 05:10 : \____
> On Jul 26, 6:05 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> ____/ waterskidoo on Thursday 26 July 2007 16:58 : \____
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>> > On 2007-07-26, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >> Digg has _a lot_ of content that slams Microsoft, promotes Linux, hails
>> >> Apple, and so forth. Microsoft would love to have some control over parts
>> >> of these pages.
>>
>> >> Digg is no place for Microsoft fans. Digg is a place where technologists
>> >> reside and they see (and know) beyond that kissie-kissie Bill Gates stuff
>> >> that invaded mainstream press.
>>
>> >> Rest assured Microsoft will pollute Digg with its disinformation. I have
>> >> written to their staff about it, so hopefully someone will take notice.
>>
>> > For advertising space I would agree with you but how is Microsoft going
>> > to censor people's opinions?
>> > If anything, being officially involved with Digg, would be detrimental
>> > to Microsoft *stuffing the ballot box* so to speak.
>> > Microsoft would be better off hiring a herd of astroturfers to
>> > seed Digg's discussions whilst distancing themselves from
>> > Digg officially.
>> > Don't get me wrong, I smell a rat, a big bloated rat that
>> > wears funny glasses but I'm not sure how advertising space
>> > would alter digg's opinion based content, ie:discussions.
>>
>> Some argue that Microsoft has been astroturfing Digg for about a year. This
>> drove away some regulars who like Free software. I'm still wondering who is
>> patient enough to go through ~50 comments of mine every day and mod them
>> down systematically. Unless they get paid, this takes a lot of perseverance.
>>
>> ...Not to mention someone who rated about 1500 of my messages in Google
>> Group to game the system and lower me from 4/5 to 2/5.
>
> Ever consider that some of us Google Group users think your posts are
> worthy of the 1 star? I can't say I've rated 1500 posts, but I have
> rated some with incorrect subjects, off-topic posts, and general
> stupidity, 1 star, just like I've given 5 to posts I feel deserve it.
> It's our right as Google Groups users to rate posts as we see fit. If
> someone actually liked your posts then surely they would rate them
> higher.
>
> Also, I thought you had killfiled all google posts, so why would you
> care what you're rated? That's a rhetorical question, we all know why.
No, I never killfiled anything from G2. I just highlight it in blue because
it's often SPAM, especially in other newsgroups. I recently filtered Outlook
Express because the "Dr X" troll was nymshifting endlessly. He was abusive, so
I'm glad he's gone for now.
As for those 1500 rating that I spoke about, this happened in a matter of
weeks. Someone systematically rated every single message of line 1/5. It
happened at the beginning of the year, but I can't recall which month.
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