The way things work with the current shout system, you can shout spam a story to every one your friends list in 3 quick clicks. In contrast, if you want to send a REAL shout, you have to do it one at a time.
To me, it's completely reversed from the way that it should be. I watched Graham (CosmikDebris) send shout after shout to some of his friends regarding an apparent bug on the Digg website. He had to copy, click, click, paste, and click over and over again several times just to get an important question out to his peeps, yet a shout spammer can fill our shout board and send hundreds of people "Please digg this" spam in a matter of seconds.
Until Digg fixes this issue, I have a possible solution. If you want to get a message out to your friends and you don't want to spend an hour doing it, use the infamous Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 post and share it. As of now, it's difficult to use share to put out a message because many, myself included, skip right past any shouts that have stories attached. I almost missed a very nice message by Verge who was shouting a story to send a mass message.
The Digg_This:_09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 post is probably the most recognizable post in Digg history. With over 44K diggs, it will stand out as your friends sift through the shout spam to find any real messages from their friends. Even if they scan quickly, it will most likely get their attention and at least make them check to see what someone is saying about it.
Just a thought. Please Digg this and get the word out. The shout feature can be one of the best new changes to Digg in a long time. We just have to figure out a way to wade through the sea of spam. Hopefully this is an answer.
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Submitted this one to my other three social news sites as well. You REALLY should get you some accounts there. Digg is the best game in town, but not the only one:
Propeller
Mixx
Reddit
I also do Newsvine, but if you submit anything about Digg or SEO, you're toast. This story about Digg on an SEO blog is a kiss of death, so I'll let a different soul of higher bravery do that one.
Even if they scan quickly, it will most likely get their attention and at least make them check to see what someone is saying about it.
I almost missed a very nice message by Verge who was shouting a story to send a mass message.
Even if they scan quickly, it will most likely get their attention and at least make them check to see what someone is saying about it.
very nice post, i certainly love this website, keep on it
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