Showing posts with label digg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digg. Show all posts

Monday, 19 March 2007

Digg : The End of Subjective Broadcasting

Digg(tm) has to be one of my most visited sites for the past 9 months and I really do love to hate it now. Dugg(tm) news, as it becomes increasingly more popular, its becoming rife with over elaborating article news in a sorry attempt to get people to view their own site.

I am sick to death of people saying "The Best Flash Game EVAAAAAA!! w000t!" or "Unbelievable Work..ZOMG!?!" only to lead to some decade old piece that some teenage asshole has just found for the first time.

I guess social networked news brings its own take on internal "editorialism" but I'm pleading with the World here, for people to have a bit of self control the next time they feel the need to use a superlative to describe something they Digg... ask yourself these questions:

1) Is it really the best/amazing/unbelievable/life changing? If not.. STFU else goto 2;
2) Will it still be amazing in a few days/weeks/months? If not.. STFU else goto 3;
3) Has the article been online for more than a year? If it has, most of the people on Digg will have already seen is so STFU else goto 4;
4) STFU

You see, the moral of this rant is that the best articles on Digg are those that don't self gratify and allow the reader to decide whether they really are amazing. Most of the time you'll find its just better than average...

Monday, 11 December 2006

Myers-Brigss Test : Whats YOUR ideal job?

So I'm just reading Digg, as you do in your general net surfing and found a link to a quiz, intended to tell you your ideal job... and guess what.. my is Computer Programming! Image

I had to laugh because given some of my responses I thought I was for sure going to be classed as unsuitable because i like random events etc etc but according to the website my ideal jobs are :

ISTP - Police, detectives, forensic pathologists, computer programmers, system analysts, computer specialists, engineers, carpenters, mechanics, pilots, drivers, athletes, entrepreneurs, firefighters, paramedics, construction workers, dental hygienists, electrical engineers, farmers, military, probation officers, steelworkers, transportation operatives, hitmen. With the ability to stay calm under pressure, they excel in any job which requires immediate action.

I have always considered myself as a possible candidate for the police force, and hitman.. well that would be a pretty cool job! Image If you want to take the test its here!