Your First Guide To Digg
Last night I was working on th13rteen.com. I’ll be linking to all my sites and social networking site accounts from there. Its not really done yet. Okay moving on. Today I’ll be giving you your first guide to Digg. This will teach you all the basics and hopefully, help you reach the front page.
Things you’ll learn
These are the things I’ll be talking about. These are the basics and you need to know these. If you can become a pro at these few things then you’ll reach the front page one day.
1. Add friends on Digg
2. Digg other’s stuff
3. Get to know the diggers
4. Now submit yours and spread the word
1. Add friends on Digg
Okay you just joined Digg. Now you need to start adding some friends. See if anyone you know is using Digg. Add them. Go to the front page, go to the profile of the users that submitted the stories and add them as friends. And also add some of their friends as your friend.
Now you should have a bunch people on Digg. And don’t forget to add me.
2. Digg other’s stuff
Don’t just expect everyone to help you. You need to do something for them first. Digg their shit! Diggers will shout to you requesting diggs on a particular submission (and sometimes on a few). Digg it for them and shout back saying that you dugg it. This is how you make a nice Digg buddy. Moving on to #3.
3. Get to know the diggers
People aren’t just going to help out random people. Sometimes they do. Most of the time they don’t. If they knew you then they would obviously digg your stuff more. So, you need to go and add your “digg buddies” on MSN.
Also add random diggers. See who’s digging your articles and check if anyone dugg a lot of your stuff. Shout to them and just say hi and ask them to add you on MSN or whatever IM you use. Some diggers also leave their email addresses on their profile (so check for that first).
4. Now submit yours and spread the word
Yeah its time for you to make submissions. So, do that and then share it with your friends (there is a button for that). Write something nice and convincing (so that people digg it). And don’t forget to ask your Digg buddies (on MSN) to digg it. They’ll do it for sure (since you’ve been so helpful to them). And if you think your article is great then ask your buddies to share it with their friends.
One more thing. Only submit your masterpiece and send one shout per day. There are people on Digg that send out requests for diggs like 5-6 times a day. Now that’s just annoying. I usually ignore these people (and I’m sure most of us do the same). Just remember not to bug anyone on Digg!
That’s it for now guys. And let us know how this went and also if you have any tips.
24 July 2008 at 6:44 pm
Great post, very useful for beginners, especially for people who are new to social networking.
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24 July 2008 at 7:10 pm
Yeah thanks. Most of the users on Digg are beginners. A handful of people are the pros who dominate the front page. Hopefully this will help a lot of us.
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25 July 2008 at 11:27 am
Wish this was here the day I discovered digg… nicely done.
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25 July 2008 at 12:29 pm
Don’t forget to use one network to build your profiles on others. Great submissions are votes are the best way to build strong profiles. And you can leverage one network against the other and get access to hot submissions without having to spend hours searching.
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25 July 2008 at 2:01 pm
Digging your own website? Surely not!
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25 July 2008 at 3:14 pm
What’s wrong with digging your own site? Artists take their masterpieces to art galleries. Writers take their work to publishers. Why can’t we share a few of our own masterpieces with a bunch of people?
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25 July 2008 at 10:50 pm
@Josh Err, I posted this article and th13rteen is the author. Anyway, there’s nothing wrong with promoting your own content, as long as it’s worthy of being promoted.
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26 July 2008 at 1:15 pm
I am a changed man. I’m still sort of a bit sceptical, but I guess if you have a decent article that people are actually going to like, and would Digg anyway, it’s not unethical. And I have even been known to do it myself a bit—and, taking heed of your advice, I might even have another try.
I know you did, kind sir. My comment was not suggesting that this particular article has been submitted to Digg by the author, or if it did—and clearly, I did imply that—it was not supposed to emit such palpitations.
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26 July 2008 at 1:16 pm
Sorry to be a frightful spamming double-posting nuisance, but the second paragraph of that last comment should have been a
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6 August 2008 at 6:56 pm
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9 August 2008 at 9:03 pm
Great guide… also myself must improve my contacts on MSN or other IM
Thanks for sharing…
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