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How Digg Got Me On ESPN and Fox News

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  • LewP, on 06/28/2008, -17/+25Awsome content! And yeah, that's one of your things that you harp on Brian. Great article and let me say congrats on being somewhat successful (hard to gauge what a successful blog is), and I am fortunate to have you for what I call a friend. Hell, you woulda been a great friend even without your last name, and I hope you know that.
  • sogeshirts, on 06/28/2008, -12/+18Thats pretty impressive. I would be happy if digg could get me on my local news.
    • coldfusion1970, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3I'd be happy if it could get me girls.
  • csiunatc, on 06/28/2008, -14/+12Congrats on both the accomplishment and the post. Great useful information on Digg and how it works for you.
  • MookiBlaylock, on 06/28/2008, -15/+14Love your stuff Brian keep it up
  • icantseeyou, on 06/28/2008, -8/+68My next Blog - How Digg helped me find some great hookers.
  • techguru2006, on 06/28/2008, -15/+12Congrats Brian, that is awesome!!
  • JerichoSam, on 06/28/2008, -14/+10Good article, and good tips.
  • Omek, on 06/28/2008, -13/+10That was a great article.
  • louiebaur, on 06/28/2008, -16/+11Yea this was a good find. A good read for sure!
  • Crackerpat, on 06/28/2008, -15/+10Great Article and Video. Sure this isn't your first 15 minutes of fame, And I am sure it wont be your last. Nice work Brian!
  • AmyVernon, on 06/28/2008, -13/+7that's great, and great advice...
  • hoodmonkey, on 06/28/2008, -12/+4Where's part two, where we learn how your brother got you on Digg? Oh wait, yeah you already name dropped him.
    • LewP, on 06/28/2008, -8/+3All kidding aside, I think I can speak for Brian when I say he doesn't need his brother's blessings to write an interesting blog. I think Brian just mentions Mark to save everyone the obvious question.
      • benologist, on 06/28/2008, -2/+2If you have to arrange to swap diggs with other losers then your blogs just aren't that interesting.
    • bcuban, on 06/28/2008, -3/+11He is actually the one who told me about digg and and yea, doesn't it just suck when people name drop their brothers......
      • mydigga, on 06/28/2008, -2/+8I've been following you on Digg for several months now and you have put some great content on this site. I think it would be safe to say that in the Digg community your brother would be name dropping you. Keep up the great work!
  • boldfire, on 06/28/2008, -7/+14Off topic - but has Popular/Upcoming on the menu been moved?
    • mark076h, on 06/28/2008, -3/+10look harder
    • LewP, on 06/28/2008, -2/+8It's changed a bit Boldfire. There isn't a dropdown box any longer, or, um, the last time I checked anyways. This just went popular by the way...congrats Brian and Louie.
    • iPirate, on 06/28/2008, -0/+11Look a few inches to the left.
    • S4MF1SHER, on 06/28/2008, -1/+6yes, it has.
    • fudged71, on 06/28/2008, -2/+5yes... and colors are getting messed up too, once and a while
  • ufia, on 06/28/2008, -2/+12Never heard of that guy before. I guess I have not finished reading the internets yet.
  • TripleAStacked, on 06/28/2008, -8/+3Glad we could help.
  • jriggs420, on 06/28/2008, -12/+2heheh, typo in the article:

    "You basically *submit submit* content you find interesting to the Digg Community. "

    Guess he doesn't have an editor yet...
  • drpaidout, on 06/28/2008, -5/+10Wait till we see "How Digg got me laid for the first time"...
    • mark076h, on 06/28/2008, -1/+10that guy with the prom almost did it,
  • aserer511, on 06/28/2008, -6/+59the fact that his brother is mark ***** cuban doesn't hurt
    • cvrefugee, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3Mark is a douche who likes to make sweeping generalizations and asinine predictions.
  • rsHoratio, on 06/28/2008, -8/+3I was expecting more of "How Digg keeps me a virgin" article....
  • drgirlfriend, on 06/28/2008, -9/+30What a bunch of pandering kissasses.
    • LewP, on 06/28/2008, -17/+2This from a woman who dates a Dr.
      • xtinamo, on 06/28/2008, -1/+9Your post should've read: "This from a transsexual super-villain who dates the Monarch."
  • JacksonYaya, on 06/28/2008, -2/+7Now he can write another one about how Fox got him on Digg! Sounds like a career.
  • loktoris, on 06/28/2008, -11/+4Fox? Wow, that's amazing...

    /sarcasm... let's bury him :)
  • Papajohn56, on 06/28/2008, -14/+3anyone bitching about fox news in these comments is a moron and doesn't appreciate a person doing a good job.
  • S4MF1SHER, on 06/28/2008, -8/+1Congrats Brian.


    That head shot is ridiculous by the way.
  • positron, on 06/28/2008, -4/+42How Digg bots and a rich douchebag brother Got Me On ESPN and Fox News
    /fixed
  • Misinformant, on 06/28/2008, -8/+4"ESPN and Fix'd News"

    Fixed...ironically enough.
  • TheMachine1, on 06/28/2008, -0/+16For every Digger that makes it big there are about 1000 others passed out face down drunk in a gutter with a stray dog pissing on our heads.
    • gannondork, on 06/28/2008, -0/+6your count is off, it is actually over 9000
    • BradBrown, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3"...and just before the cops picked me up, I had this odd dream where it was raining lemonade!"
  • duckyinc, on 06/28/2008, -0/+16So this is a story on how he used digg to get on some news channel digg hates?
  • credential101, on 06/28/2008, -8/+3Hey Brian, your father should have pulled out instead of having your brother!
  • e03179, on 06/28/2008, -2/+28No. Being Mark Cuban's brother got you on ESPN and FOX News.
  • tedrock, on 06/28/2008, -1/+4Think you could have worn a decent shirt for your interview. You look like someone they just pulled off the street.
  • po43292, on 06/28/2008, -2/+6That guy in the pic looks like such a douche. I don't know why.
    • Pzycho, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2He looks like Nick Cage playing Andy Kaufman in Adaptation.
  • DiggzDE, on 06/29/2008, -4/+5Why the ***** should I care? Seriously, I use Digg for myself. I don't care to read what it does for others. Especially when it is something as stupid as "How Digg Got Me on ESPN and Fox News."

    Congrats on your success. It was likely more because of who you are related to and not Digg.
    • MrOmniscient, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3This is the downside to being the relative of someone considered a celebrity - there are always those waiting to gut your accomplishments with this kind of remark. What a backhanded compliment.
  • gothicform, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2An alternative though would be "How Digg saw 200 other blogs copy and rip me off and then THEIR editors on ESPN and Fox News". Getting on the frontpage of Digg (mine has managed it five times in a year with nothing to do with me) at no point led to any MSM coverage but it did lead to the big stupid megablogs that copy everything managing to secure that.
  • i38warhawk, on 06/29/2008, -2/+3Article Summary:

    1. Post everything you write to digg.
    2. Write a good tagline
    3. ?
    4. PROFIT!!!

  • sonofashoe, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2If your idea of success is being on ESPN or FOX news than being mocked on Digg is good, but just being Mark Cuban's brother ought to do that trick, no? Isn't being Mark's brother what made Brian mock-worthy to begin with? Brian is to Mark what Jonah is to Lucianne.
  • btattersall, on 06/29/2008, -3/+4Fox news?

    er... sorry about that one
  • th3wiz4rd, on 06/29/2008, -2/+2Argh.. fix the sync in your video. Oh yeah, and ***** Fox News.
  • DJTre, on 06/29/2008, -2/+0Luck?

    I'm calling shenanigans.
  • Raykis, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2Yeah I'm pretty sure it had a lot to do with being Mark Cuban's brother.
  • cr4ft, on 06/29/2008, -1/+1So, if your brother has made in into business and you happen to find your own success, then it's fair for everyone to make a lame generalization about all your hard working going to your already successful brother?
  • dima1109, on 06/29/2008, -1/+0No way! Digg was used to promote and popularize a website/blog?!?!

    /sarcasm

    Huffpost has been doing that for months
  • Rabbethan, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4Digg got him on ESPN and Fox News?

    Maybe the fact that his billionaire brother owns a NBA team and HDNet helped a little.
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