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iPhone was Dugg. Way Dugg.
popfail.com — With the unveiling of the iPhone at the WWDC on Monday, there just weren ’t very many real surprises. Many of the speculations and rumors came through. Some were merely fiction. Here are some quick statistics from the week in Digg that was dominated by the enigmatic iPhone.
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- optimusprime01, on 06/14/2008, -14/+41Very well written article. I agree there should be balance of information sharing and also giving too much attention. iphone being super cool and also known as the Jesus phone shouldn't have so much attention that it dominates the entire digg front page and also since most of iphone info was already out.
- chaoswings, on 06/14/2008, -3/+6Yeah but see Apple made it so what did you expect from digg? Granted the iphone is an awesome phone but I think it had more to do with it being a product by Apple, then the phone itself.
- Charun, on 06/15/2008, -1/+6It's not as though iPhone stories flood the front page on a regular basis. This is a big announcement in the mobile phone industry. For example if RIM only had one Blackberry model then it's unveiling would warrant some attention.
- Livewired, on 06/15/2008, -1/+5Not a very well written article. Nothing original + numerous grammatical errors = sensationalist caca.
- rpgmaker, on 06/15/2008, -2/+2No iPhone nano. No deal for me :(
- JettaMan, on 06/15/2008, -1/+5I agree, enough with this iPhone spam. Digg is like one big iPhone commercial and it is irritating.
- MtheoryX, on 06/15/2008, -0/+4Yes, but not too long ago Digg was like an Obama spam machine.
And it was a Ron Paul spam machine before that, and a CoS spam machine before that, and a PS3 spam machine before that, etc.
Perhaps even Diggers, as independent and free thinking as they (we) think they (we) are, might just be the same people that watch commercials and reality tv and eat up all this marketing crap.
Perhaps the more things change, the more they stay the same.
- MtheoryX, on 06/15/2008, -0/+4Yes, but not too long ago Digg was like an Obama spam machine.
- DaviDaviDaviD, on 06/14/2008, -5/+13About the whole price problem, I still don't get it. If you live in the UK then the price has actually dropped for the lower models and the iPhone is free on the higher tariffs.
- imcquill, on 06/14/2008, -1/+10You're definitely correct. Those who say the iPhone is more expensive than it used to be probably mean "more expensive for them". In the UK, it is cheaper, and in most other countries it was not available at all.
Regardless, even in the US, the combined phone + usage costs over two years is still significantly cheaper than when the iPhone first came out, as the price started at $600. Plus the speeds are much higher now. - rockinrimmer, on 06/15/2008, -0/+5Yeah i agree, finally we Brits get a good deal instead of over inflated prices :)
- imcquill, on 06/14/2008, -1/+10You're definitely correct. Those who say the iPhone is more expensive than it used to be probably mean "more expensive for them". In the UK, it is cheaper, and in most other countries it was not available at all.
- Rauby, on 06/14/2008, -5/+41And funny now, a NEW iPhone article, about other iPhone articles. ;)
- Sfenton, on 06/15/2008, -14/+2Wow you obviously didn't get or understand the article.
- Blandyman, on 06/15/2008, -1/+6He's being sarcastic, you worthless sack of dicks.
God, I hate stupid people.
- Blandyman, on 06/15/2008, -1/+6He's being sarcastic, you worthless sack of dicks.
- frooo, on 06/15/2008, -2/+1I see the irony is not lost on you :)
- Pricebreak, on 06/16/2008, -0/+0That was bound to happen at some point or another, afterall everything that could be said about the iPhone has already been said in the other million articles out there. There was nothing left to do but to actually write on the articles themselves, pretty creative if you ask me.
- Sfenton, on 06/15/2008, -14/+2Wow you obviously didn't get or understand the article.
- timsline, on 06/14/2008, -4/+217Why do we need an article about iPhone articles?
- n00j, on 06/14/2008, -1/+22To test if this is a divide by zero situation!
- r3negadeX, on 08/11/2008, -9/+3Leave it to a Mac fanboy to Digg something as stupid and pathetic as this.
- BrendanSheehan, on 06/15/2008, -0/+2To end the articles.
- Archaic1, on 06/15/2008, -2/+4because if we didn't then we couldn't have an article about articles about iPhone articles.
- MikeonTV, on 06/14/2008, -1/+92So does this count as a story about the iPhone?
- benologist, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7It's really a story about how the dupe filter's about ready for an overhaul. Not all of the users can be trusted to "swear this is original".
Part of the problem I guess is if something's submitted and doesn't go to the front page there's really no point voting for it x days later. If there was a way for older stories to re-enter the upcoming queue and have another chance at hitting the front page without being resubmitted that might help a lot.
The other and probably larger part of the problem is too many people have ulterior motives when they're submitting stories, whether it's their own site or a desire to be one of the top users or whatever. There isn't really a solution for that that I can see other than burying dupes and trash.
- benologist, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7It's really a story about how the dupe filter's about ready for an overhaul. Not all of the users can be trusted to "swear this is original".
- rabbimiller, on 06/14/2008, -11/+0Hopefully they won't push back the release.
- jisrael, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1has apple ever done that once in its history? i know the iphone was in development for quite a while before they released it, but have they ever missed an announced launch date?
- Catbert107, on 06/14/2008, -3/+39Totally original, I swear!
- Kinnkster, on 06/14/2008, -3/+4The false headlines are annoying. Isn't "Open source phones coming from Google" more attractive then some ***** "iPhone killer" headline?
Ones real and really awesome one's obviously fake. - johndajap56, on 06/14/2008, -2/+31It's like overplaying a song on the radio, before the album even comes out you're already sick of it
- mca1990, on 06/15/2008, -1/+1But he said he would let let let let me lick the lollipop! Now I have to buy his album.
- Blandyman, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1I mumble and jumble and scrumble, whoops, I mean scramble my words.
And I don't make no sense because I'm the son of the bird... MAAAAAN.
I rap like a tard and I like to blow farts and I like to smoke grass and drink wine from a glass.
I'm done. Sorry.
- Blandyman, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1I mumble and jumble and scrumble, whoops, I mean scramble my words.
- mca1990, on 06/15/2008, -1/+1But he said he would let let let let me lick the lollipop! Now I have to buy his album.
- ELLIS1128, on 06/14/2008, -6/+3I am STOKED.
- maretten, on 06/14/2008, -8/+3Silly Penis!!!
- wontstoptalking, on 06/14/2008, -9/+2oboy: The OTHER MrBabyMan
- meshman, on 06/14/2008, -3/+17"from the week in Digg that was dominated by the enigmatic iPhone."
That's every week. - Me0wmix, on 06/14/2008, -4/+1Overdigg!!
- stinger666, on 06/14/2008, -7/+7I'm not going to digg a story about digging
- macbookhair, on 06/15/2008, -6/+2I digg it.
- Ascendancy5, on 06/15/2008, -8/+3This is lame..?
- mikesbaker, on 06/15/2008, -6/+3i know
25k+ diggs
http://digg.com/apple/Apple_Announces_iPhone_2
but then maddox had the next highest with 17+diggs
http://digg.com/apple/The_iPhone_is_a_piece_of_shi ... - Ryan166, on 06/15/2008, -6/+1That phone was totally dugg, dude.
- johnnyb3, on 06/15/2008, -6/+1Meta-digging... my mind is totally blown.
- ericthegreat, on 06/15/2008, -9/+4A Digg story about how much the iPhone was Dugg? Please....
- Guol, on 06/15/2008, -0/+2Haha tell me about it..
An iPhone article on Digg talking about the large influx of iPhone articles already on Digg...
- Guol, on 06/15/2008, -0/+2Haha tell me about it..
- mecharabbit, on 06/15/2008, -14/+9I stopped by the local Sprint store today. My Samsung Instinct should be here in two weeks for the same price as the iPhone 2 with better features.
iPhone pwned!!!
Fine, digg me down if you must, you Apple's-*****-don't-stink people. - themaestro18, on 06/15/2008, -8/+4Sick of stories about the iPhone? How 'bout the iRack. http://www.bestsnippets.com/post/38077183/in-addit ...
- Ighuc, on 06/15/2008, -5/+2Dugg for the sake of digging.
- MBHockey, on 06/15/2008, -3/+22"24 “iPhone Killer” stories were submitted. One hit the front page, and it was reported as inaccurate."
hahahahahaaha - computerusr, on 06/15/2008, -4/+4Thats true i'm seeing so many iPhone articles, I read one and can swear I just Reddit.
- NinjaNato, on 06/15/2008, -13/+8The iPhone is a piece of *****, and so is your face.
No really. http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=ip ... - HotDogBun, on 06/15/2008, -9/+4I bury iPhone articles, and this article is being way buried.
- Viriatus2, on 06/15/2008, -7/+5IPHONE?? FFS BURY!!!!
- nema0402, on 06/15/2008, -8/+1I agree. Buried. The iPhone is yesterday's news. Android is the future of mobile tech.
Unrelated: http://elfurl.com/2f9oi - NacaV, on 06/15/2008, -9/+3Any male with an iPhone is a douchebag.
- JoaoPe, on 06/15/2008, -6/+2So this article is dividing all other articles by zero. Cool.
- DeathGod321, on 06/15/2008, -4/+2What were the other 2507 iphone stories about?
- marksands07, on 06/15/2008, -4/+2I'm enjoying the irony here. It may be necessary, but even this story defeats its purpose..
- zc456, on 06/15/2008, -5/+2Holy fur on a stick.
Also, I beg you, Apple, add a feature that wasn't mentioned in the rumors! - gogog0, on 06/15/2008, -9/+2oboy games digg, bury this submission
- mytCbumps, on 06/15/2008, -6/+0Hello.
- JasonCox, on 06/15/2008, -4/+3I create 50 iPhone articles, can I have a free iPhone 3G?
- CaviMike, on 06/15/2008, -3/+3You know articles hit the front page for ***** reasons when their digg count actually drops once they're here.
- btraxx, on 06/15/2008, -3/+1"This is why I love Digg"
- Balk2K, on 06/15/2008, -2/+1Story about how much iPhone was dugg was dugg. Moderately Dugg.
- willsani, on 06/15/2008, -2/+2I know I'll be finally dropping the $200 to buy one :) This is my first step toward becoming an Apple elitist. Next step, an ibook!
- sreevatsa, on 06/15/2008, -1/+2finally someone who wrote about this...... i am a fan of iphone.. but when i saw the number of news articles on iphone i actually got frustated. Nice written article.....
- neilbakker, on 06/15/2008, -1/+1I just dugg as story about other dugg stories - I think the world is about to cave in on itself.
- waydee, on 06/15/2008, -3/+3buried as spam
- qbthemc, on 06/15/2008, -4/+1Epic Fail.
- rickcarson, on 06/15/2008, -2/+4What I take away from the article is that only 1.7% of the articles submitted about the iPhone made the front page. But it isn't clear from the article whether the author thinks this is too many or too few. I can't tell if he is pro or anti the iPhone, so it is interesting reading the above comments where people interpret it through their own filters and biases.
I wonder whether there should be a similar article about the Killary*/Obama/McCain flood that is now (mercifully) slowing down.
Also, I wonder what is wrong with the digg submission rules. 2800 articles submitted in one week about the 3G iPhone... you'd think that it would knock some of them back for being duplicates. I can't go on, because the comment box is doing this weird bouncing up and down thing which is totally distracting.
*A typo, but I liked it so much I let it stay. Apologies to mein grammer undt spelink nazies. - aimhelix, on 06/15/2008, -1/+2Copy and paste...
all those articles and still no copy & paste. - shauncorleone, on 06/15/2008, -0/+5Solid proof of Digg users' self-absorption
- awhileago, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1Just goes to show that the iPhone is still the best…
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