Submitted by peppapig100 on 11-20-2008
This is one of those enigma submissions. Great topic, interesting title, reliable, diggable source, over 200 Diggs, and yet it still didn’t flip. Something isn’t right here. There were no other stories that I could find with the keyword “Schwarzenegger” that hit the front page in the last few days, so I just don’t know. Great read, though.
If ever there was a better indication that marriage is no longer a priority in life, we haven’t seen it. In Boston, AshleyMadison.com is launching a $500,000 ad campaign that does just that. Their idea (and motto) is:
Life is short. Have an affair.
The fact that adultery is illegal in Massachussets is apparently not in issue here, as the law is antiquated and not really enforced by any of their law enforcement agencies. It is, of course, still a legal grounds for a divorce.
Their radio spots started airing last week. In one, President and CEO Noel Biderman promises “an affair to remember.” TV spots begin airing next month, just in time to wreck marriages before Christmas. This does not seem to be an issue of regard to the company or its CEO.
“The era of the scarlet letter is long over,” he said. Read more…
Submitted by naturalpapa 11/14/2008
There hasn’t been a time in history that a President has been hit with as much ridicule as George W. Bush. Bill Clinton had his follies, but they were nothing compared to what has transpired the last 7 years, 10 months.
This article about a Bush Autobiography actually received quite a few Diggs considering the submitter. It would have been nice to see it hit the front page simply for the crowd-sourced continued list of alternative book titles for a Bush book. He says he’s considering it. Should be interesting.
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President Bush says he has many regrets. He is even considering writing a book about his presidency. Possible titles? Economy: Gone with the Wind. Or: Iraqis are from Mars, Afghans are from Uranus. Or: Me and Dick
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Submitted by mconnor85 11/12/2008
There are some who live in legends behind the scenes. They are the people who effect the lives of many who probably have no idea who they are. They are in the shadows. In the corners. Behind the walls. We use their services, and we never know their name.
Welcome to the world of aXXo, the undisputed champion of pirating movies on BitTorrent.
This article on Slate takes an in-depth look into what aXXo does and technically how he does it. At the time of this post, it still has a slight chance of hitting. We’ll.
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Slate profiles the trademarks of BitTorrent’s most popular movie uploader. Countdown until the MPAA lawsuit? 10, 9, 8…
Submitted to Digg by , , and many many others 11/7/2008 and every other day.
The Astronomy Picture of the Day has been an amazing and anticipated thing for some time now. NASA posts 1 image at 9:00 PM pst every night, give or take 5 minutes. The images are normally stunning and are absolutely unique to the post in almost every circumstance.
It is one of the most Diggable pieces of regular content on the Internet. There are a couple of problems, though, that make it miss sometimes. First, the timing - dozens of top users know exactly when it will be posted. Second, the place - the URL string is date-stamped, so it can be anticipated when it will be posted.
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Submitted to Digg by karenodalo 11/6/2008
The Department of Justice remained true to their assertion that a Yahoo/Google deal would prompt anti-trust lawsuits to block the deal. They were so passionate about it that they made a weekly call to the parties every Wednesday telling them that it wasn’t worth going forward.
It didn’t go forward. Now Yahoo is still in big trouble and Google must find someone else to gobble up.
In the whole scheme of things, this isn’t a shocker. What is really interesting, however, is how the government let it go on with their stance staying the same and yet not clearly stating NO. Probably wasted a ton of a lot of people’s time.
Video after the jump: Read more…
Submitted to Digg by MrBabyMan 11/2/2008
It isn’t often that a story by MrBabyMan makes it to popfail simply because he already makes it to the front page of Digg very often. This story, however, was exceptional and deserves to be highlighted, but at 58 Diggs in 23 hours, it probably won’t hit.
Thus, I’ll post it here.
The real problem isn’t with the article. It goes in depth into the different styles that each of the Presidential candidates brings to the table. It discusses their past and more importantly their future. An excellent read from a great source - but it’s 3 pages long. Probably too much to digest for the front page of Digg.
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The extraordinary powers of the presidency await either Barack Obama or John McCain. So do a grim national mood and a challenging global order. A look at how each man would face an epic challenge
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With all the power that social media has to drive traffic, doesn’t it make sense that they should put more emphasis on driving traffic to stories that inform about issues and offer ways for people to help? On the surface, the question seems like a no-brainer, but as we explored the subject further and discussed it with other users, challenges started popping up.
Charity has never been a strong point of social media. The concept that drives most of these sites is that they display current events and the opinions surrounding them submitted by users and voted to the front page by the community. With politics and technology issues dominating the popular sections of most social news sites, it makes sense that philanthropic stories get very little play.
When I wrote an article about Social Media Power and how sites like Digg, Reddit, Slashdot, StumbleUpon, Newsvine, NowPublic, and Yahoo! Buzz could do more for the world, I placed too much emphasis on how these sites themselves could contribute to society. My mistake: it’s the users who are better positioned to help. They just need a little push in the right direction and incentives from the sites themselves. Read more…
Submitted to Digg by Ritubpant 10/24/2008
That has to be the wisest social media child of all time. The insight. The clarity of thought. For someone so young, to be filled with the inside knowledge of the bannings, autobury, and so many other important issues at digg is absolutely amazing.
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Here is the most incisive account on digg’s recent issues on the planet. Thank you, Lance, for your testimony; you are both a scholar and a gentlemen.
There are so many social media sites popping up left and right between Pligg and other ways of building them that it is starting to get hard to keep track of them all. At Social News Watch, we are compiling a list that can be used to make some sense of it all.
Whether you know of some new ones that aren’t listed at all or you know of some lists themselves that can be checked and added to the compilation, let us know. Either post it here or at SNW and we’ll try to put together one complete list.
