Before we get into “I F-ing Hate Digg” here’s a little background on the story:
Yesterday we posted a contest to see what all you Stonecipher Report readers F-ing hate. The winner would be posted on the front page of TSR, and that contest is still ongoing. You have until 9:00 PM Pacific Time tonight to make a submission.
However, one of the submissions I already received was too good to pass up regardless of what else comes in.
Dpolitico is a blogger based out of Kansas and she makes regular posts to her site EndPoliticsAsUsual.com. She does not always agree with me, but she has a great site and wrote THE funniest piece I read during the entire Primary Season entitled “Hillary Says Memphis National Champ Despite KU Having More Points.”
Please take a minute to click on her site, I’ll put the links at the bottom of this post as well for when you’re done reading.
So without further ado here it is, I F-ing Hate Digg:
Hello, my name is dpolitico (well, not really, but I must protect my identity)(especially from diggers)(you know, the ones that love to hate you?) I am addicted to Digg. In the same way a drug addict is filled with self-loathing every time he takes a hit, I find myself totally unable to stop myself from submitting, commenting, digging and/or burying stories.
It has consumed me.
Every day is the same. I write for my blog. I think, "That was the cleverest thing any person has ever said about that specific thing that I just wrote about! I must digg it!" And here is where my day goes off the rails.
First, there is the submission process. Half the time you put in the link and hit submit and you get stuck spinning in cyberspace. The other half, you get to the next step, write your headline, write your synopsis, spell check, decipher the gobbeldy gook letters and hit submit. Then something blows up and you have to start over.
If you actually make it to the third step (where you get to verify that your story isn't a duplicate even though it is a duplicate) and hit submit you get the "Whoa! Something just blew up! Try Again!" message that makes you want to scream (but you can't because you're at "work" right?)
But, on a really good day, your link goes through, and there it is with that one digg (yours). That means it's time to shout it to all those people who send you shouts every day (you know, the ones that pile up and make you feel guilty every time you submit and shout a new story without digging their stuff?).
So you hit the "share" button. Nothing happens. You hit it again. This time, the shout page loads so you hit "shout to all" and hit the "shout it!" button. There's that spinning circle again.
By this point, if you haven't already, you're ready to throw your computer across the room. Let's say you make it through this tedious process and get your post shouted. Then you wait. And wait. And wait. Your post sits there with just 1 digg. The shame of knowing that in the entire universe you are the sole person responsible for that digg makes you cringe.
Suddenly, it's 2 diggs and you rush to see if it was a "friend" or some kind-hearted soul who felt sorry for you.
For the rest of your day, you check your post. And at the end of the day you sadly come to realize that only 14 people in all the world thought you were funny (or astute, or insightful, yada yada). And that is the come down that sucks. And that is why, the next day, you will post again, and digg again, and shout again and hope again that this time, this day, at least 50 people will get me.
I F-ing Hate Digg.
Once again, here are the links to dpolitico’s site:
“Hillary Says Memphis National Champ Despite KU Having More Points”
Dpolitico’s Profile on digg.com (I may be an enabler, sorry)
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