WP Affair: Do You Digg?

From my time away on Wordpress.com:

If you Digg, be-Friend me on Digg: rebelhousewife (User Name)

I've been hearing about it for months from my techie hubby, who reads it daily, and I finally landed there accidentally, on a link in a post by my eMomsatHome.com friend, Wendy P., who was writing about her fantastic experiences at Elite Retreat in San Francisco recently:

I have to say that I’m already seeing results from the experience - less than 36 hours after getting home, I took Neil Patel’s tips on writing to get to the front page of Digg last night! It was quite a ride, with the inevitable server crash as well (thank God Blue Host got me up and running in less than a few minutes! They ROCK!).

(More about Blue Host in the future -- I'm looking into it (on Wendy's recommendation), in this big transition to WordPress!)

Anyway, I followed the link, and landed on Digg for the very first time. It's hard to describe, but it's kind of like a news service, where regular people submit articles and items of interest and the Digg community rates them (Digg or Bury), so that only the most popular, widely-read news and information is presented on the main page -- kind of like a very customized online newspaper that is constantly updating.

I registered so that I could Digg Wendy's article. I am probably the only Digg user ever to turn off all the Tech News (the site is highly geared toward technology, which is why my hubby loves it so -- probably his biggest source of news and information over the last several months), also Sports and Gaming, but I still have World News, Science and Entertainment.

The Digg site is fairly friendly to non-techies, from what I could tell. I was in an area to find Digg Friends to share & compare info with other Diggers, to search out my hubby and Wendy, when it all went blank with the message:

We'll be back shortly. Digg will be down for a brief period, while we make some changes. While not digging, the digg crew recommends:[list of blogs]

Unless it's because I turned off the Tech News???
Hmmm...

I'll do some more research and let you know, but if you are already on Digg, or if you go check it out, Friend me! (username: rebelhousewife)

Update on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 11:51AM by Sherri Caldwell

I just submitted my first article ever to Digg.com:

VT Aftermath: CNN I-Reporters Re-define Citizen Journalism
Interesting...the role of "Instant Reporters" (in this case, college kids with cellphone video recorders) in of-the-moment, on-the-scene coverage, before the big networks or local reporters even knew what was happening during the Virginia Tech tragedy. Will Jamal get a job with CNN?

The adventure has begun...but I have no idea how to go back and find it on Digg to see the response???

Comments

[Sherri Caldwell]

Mar 29, 8:55 PM
Jenny | cheezyritogrl@aol.com | pjmommy.com |

Digg is ok. But there’s never anything there that I’m interested in. Sometimes.

[Sherri Caldwell]

Apr 9, 10:56 AM
rebelhousewife | sherri@rebelhousewife.com |

Hi Jenny, I know what you mean. It’s tech-heavy, male-dominated, as Wendy P. mentioned, too:

http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2007/03/19/blogging-elite-retreat-neil-patel/.

We can change the world, Girlfriend — or we’ll just make our own!!