I found this particularly hilarious, especially considering I loathe my own neighbors. I can’t possibly tell you how many times I’ve had the urge to go upstairs with a shotgun - the noise… it’s just too much, and I know they do it on purpose sometimes.
We all have those neighbors, and we all have those thoughts - admit it! The letter they wrote to theirs has a serious, “respectful” tone, which is what makes it funny.
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Things aren’t good in the neighborhood. Invite to a block party–& here’s the Letter Reply which goes far beyond the usual “can’t make it, thanks.” Fed up, angry & pretty funny. Sounds like a Thanksgiving get together isn’t likely….
Here’s an article that was definitely a victim of the Digg system and not the content. With all the attention everyone has been giving to the Bailout, it’s a shame more people did not read this one.
Proponents and opponents of the bailout have been trading words on Digg for some time now. One of the best purveyors of articles on business and economy published a very unbiased and balanced review of the proposed bailout. Also, one of the most detailed and well researched.
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This is a very in-depth and detailed analysis of the bailout.
This is an open call for writers. We need you. The original concept of highlighting stories that should have been on the front page of social media sites but that didn’t quite make it is starting to lose steam. We will continue to do it, of course, but we want more.
Lots more.
We want this site to spark the interests of the readers out there who want more from a blog. There is a distinct need to expand on our successes and bring this blog to the next level.
It has done well so far. It achieved a PageRank of 4 in a relatively short time without unnatural link-building. The traffic has been wonderful and we have seen 3 of our posts hit the front page of Digg, including one story that had over 3000 Diggs. Our subscribers are moving up nicely and consistently, but still… Read more…
It seems that, other than an interview and story on Read Write Web about Zaibatsu getting banned, that Digg will not allow any of the stories from the banned to make it to their front page. This story from Nowsourcing tells a pretty comprehensive picture of a major fallacy in their recent ban-spree. It received nearly 300 diggs and 53 comments, but had no chance of hitting the front page even before it was submitted. Read more…
A recent reply by Reg “Zaibatsu” Saddler on Social News Central sparked a lot of interest in the social media world. There were invitations for interviews, mentions of revolts, consoling words, outrage, and the occasional basher all throughout the comments.
This one actually still has a chance to hit the front page, but it doesn’t look good. Just in case, we’ll go ahead and post it here. This is unique news that covers a very odd portion of the internet - those sites that try to encourage people to commit suicide.
In case you didn’t catch that, let me repeat:
Website that encourage people to commit suicide.
As odd as it may sound, they exist, and the government is making it very clear that it is illegal. Read more…
Digg introduced 2 new sections to their blog today: Community and Technology. These sections will hopefully add more content with better insight into how Digg works and the people who power it (behind the scenes - not the users).
Here is a video that they posted on their first installment of the Community blog.
In case you’re thinking of trying out Chrome, keep something in mind. It knows where you’ve been, where you visit often, and where you’re likely to visit again. Be careful. You never know what’s going to pop up on your default page.
In an attempt to destroy a hornet’s nest, a Japanese monk was attacked and dropped the torch he was using to rid his temple. Flames consumed the temple and the nest.
The Buddhist monk had put lighted rags on a stick into the nest in the temple, but dropped it and ran when the hornets flew out and attacked him, Niigata prefectural (state) police official Yuichi Ozaka said. The fire occurred Wednesday.
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A Japanese monk trying to rid his temple of a hornet’s nest panicked when the hornets attacked him and dropped a torch, burning his temple to the ground.
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