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Well, having that digg button on EVERY blog post does make the blog look like its trying to garner too much social media attention. IMO Typically this approach doesnt really help or look good.

Another way to do this is simply have a small digg button at the bottom of the post. try that.

I take no notice of what has been Dugg or not, so no it doesn’t meant that to me.

If anything it just means that the post doesn’t have an overly sensational headline.

I try to avoid thinking that - that a post that has 0 diggs is not important - because I know that there are a lot of people who read blogs (whether regularly or casually) who don’t use Digg for a number of reasons - don’t understand it, don’t want to take the time to set up a Digg account to use it, or just don’t care to contribute by Digging or commenting. So a post can be widely read, but just not Dugg.

But of course, all that being said, it’s our nature to make snap judgements and I would not want to display a 0 Diggs button on my posts

I’d love to know what plugin you’re using……mind sharing it?

Jeff,

I equate anything written by you as sucky content. Okay, just kidding

Since I rarely write digg-worthy content, I haven’t thought about this much, but I don’t see an empty Digg button as proof content sucks. Perhaps a Digg button with one or two might mean something, but it’s hard to get the ball rolling on Digg.

I don’t think any one particular thing can say, “This content sucks”. Lack of comments doesn’t do it, and lack of traffic doesn’t do it either. Sucky content is one of those things that is easy to spot, but hard to quantify.

Speaking of which Jeff, what MyBlogLog plugin are you using? I’m hoping to integrate my comment section with both Gravatar and MyBlogLog.

Interesting new category. In defence of the forums, of the thousands of WordPress users out there in blogland there is only maybe a dozen or so of us that help out in the forum on a regular basis. One only need to look at the volume of support requests coming in daily and it’s not hard to figure out why so many queries go unanswered.

With respect to Digg, I don’t think I’ve even ever been to the website. (did that sentence make sense?)

I’d love to do the show! I still think one of the moderators, if not Michael then perhaps Jeremy (clarktech.no-ip.com) or Otto (ottodestruct.com/blog) would be a much better choice but if they cannot or are too shy I’ll do it. I don’t have a mike though, which is why I stuck to texting in the chat room. Would that be a problem? Could I do it via telephone? I’m new to TalkShoe and haven’t figured everything out yet.

With respect to my comment about people helping in the forums, I better clarify what I meant before the unruly mob jumps all over me. I’m not slagging those who don’t help. I understand everybody is busy with their own lives. I only meant to point out that the number of active helpers vs the number of support requests isn’t even close to being even. It’s all we can do to keep our heads above water.