One day, the Master was chatting with nubi about their latest submits, and another add request came on the Master's IM client. This one was from seoslickster452@gmail.com. Amused as always, the Master proceeded to speak to him, although his name had already given away much.
"welcome to my list of Diggers. Who might you be on Digg?"
"seosam. I want to trade Diggs with you."
"Whoa there, Sam. How did you find me? Looking through your history, you haven't dugg a single submission of mine."
"That's not important. I just want to trade Diggs."
"But it is important, Sam. You see, people who intend to digg only hoping to promote their own things fail in the way of Digg. And those who fail that severely in the way of Digg do not belong among my friends."
"But I do promote other's things!"
"Please don't lie to me. On Digg, your history is in plain view, and you have dugg less than one story per story you have submitted. I am now removing you from my IM list."
The Master then showed this story to nubi, as an example of what sort of friends not to make.
"But Master, what if he dugg my stuff?"
"Then your name would have to be tarnished by Digging his."
By this, nubi was enlightened.
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I agree 100% You have to know when to cut out the dirt bags!
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Just wanted to say how much I am enjoying and learning from your pieces - looking forward to reading more...!
ReplyDeleteDo you know of any efficient way of sorting through one's "Friends" list, to identify the parasites? I've used DiggStatistics.com, but the malware warnings make me nervous.
ReplyDeleteI agree with 45superman - what do you suggest?
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I actually use DiggStatistics.com myself, but I run Linux, so malware warnings mean little to me.
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