Indiegamer Diggers List.

[Leon]

It's been a while(Jeez, since last year!:P) since we started the experiment of everyone using digg together to push indie stories that we believed in furtherer and getting better exposer.

After seeing only 5 out of the 31 users we had last time digg the Game of the Year story, I thought it might be a good time to revisit the idea and as well as see about updating the list below with anyone new who has joined in the ten months since then.

Thanks to everyone responding so far.

Diggers List:
Hamumu
aegamers
puppygames
Destron
gummikana
UnknownGuy
jebso
Polycount
PoVRAZOR
ajschatz
cliffski
jankoM2
theoretical
pyabo
BantamCityGames
terin
Indiepath
Genimo
chanon
BortQ
cyrus_zero
indiepath
rinkuhero
clilian
samnova
funpcgame
sillytuna
winterwolves
badsectoracula
yellowhut
Sodaware

bazdigger
agent4125
tafty
crispiness
PiEyeGames
JKaercher
jonaswills
bignobody
MrPhilGames

chillypacman
tfowers
parsap
Red27Studios
dbestandy
theblackmask
JForceGames

ducridah750
kneehat
jasonriggs

Stumbleupon Users:
aegamers

[barrygamer]

add me: bazdigger, joined yesterday. Worth pointing out that I found joining digg to be very painless, no endless pages of stupid questions etc.

[tafty]

You can add me to the list too - I'm an irregular digger but I did digg the Game of the Year story:

tafty

[Agent 4125]

http://digg.com/users/agent4125

[Leon]

I just noticed the new "shout" feature. No one seems to be using it from our group however. Any reasons? Could be very handy in getting stuff digged.

Shout feature

[ChrisP]

I too am an infrequent digger, but more than happy to digg stuff from fellow indies. http://digg.com/users/crispiness

Perhaps everyone in the list should add everyone else in the list as a friend, and then do a shout to everyone whenever there's something indie to digg. You can set up email notification for shouts (actually it's on by default). Or, post the digg link here in the relevant announcements post here, or in a special digg thread.

Would be nice if there was some kind of grouping feature to automate this.

[Pi Eye Games]

Only joined digg a few days ago, but happy to be added to the list : http://digg.com/users/PiEyeGames

I guess only 5 out of 31 people dugg the story because only 5 people from the list happened to read the digg-request post on the correct day? Sounds like friends-shouting is the way to go, a digging co-op ... hmmm, anyone know digg's policy on this?

[Leon]

Perhaps everyone in the list should add everyone else in the list as a friend, and then do a shout to everyone whenever there's something indie to digg. You can set up email notification for shouts (actually it's on by default). Or, post the digg link here in the relevant announcements post here, or in a special digg thread.

Would be nice if there was some kind of grouping feature to automate this.

Agreed, the new shout feature could be put to some excellent use. I think it's a good point you bring up about posting the Digg links either in a special Digg thread or the announcement posts.

I'm not sure how many people use Digg to promote their games, but I can't think of any announcement posts where a Digg link was given. Sometimes when I'd actually go to the web pages, there would be a link. On some of the sites the link would be kinda hidden away or I'd just not notice it, distracted by something on the site.

I think Digg links in the announcement threads would be an excellent idea, in the plain text post there's not much to distract from the blue links, after all.

I guess only 5 out of 31 people dugg the story because only 5 people from the list happened to read the digg-request post on the correct day? Sounds like friends-shouting is the way to go, a digging co-op ... hmmm, anyone know digg's policy on this?

Not sure if people just didn't read the story, forgot about Digging it, or what. I know I personally stopped going to Digg for a few months myself and I'm sure I missed Digging a bunch of indie stories. I first signed up for Digg to help push indie stories, and after seeing only 5/31 Diggs, I got to thinking that maybe I wasn't the only one.

That's part of the reason for this thread, to not only update the list, but also to revisit the potential Digg can have for us and to explore the best ways to further indie stories we're interested in.

[bignobody]

I finally got around to resetting my long forgotten digg password (wayyy to many of those to keep track of).

http://digg.com/users/bignobody

My fellow indies can count on me!

[jonaswills]

So how exactly does this work? Do I add everyone to my friends list and digg everything that shows up on friend's diggs? Or do these shout outs give me e-mails when I'm supposed to digg something.

http://www.digg.com/users/jonaswills

[ChrisP]

Or do these shout outs give me e-mails when I'm supposed to digg something.

I think that's how it's supposed to work. You can control whether you receive emails when someone shouts you at http://www.digg.com/settings/email

I've added everyone in the list in the first post as a friend on digg. To reiterate, feel free to shout me about anything indie-related, and I'll digg it if I dig it.

I don't know what digg thinks about this kind of behaviour, but hey, they implemented a system for it, so they can't be totally against it. I guess it's possible that friends digging an article has less impact that strangers digging an article - I do know that number of diggs isn't the only factor in digg's algorithm, but I don't know anything about it apart from that.

Still, it has to be better to have a "digg from a friend" than no digg at all.

[JoKa]

Just joined Digg and now I found dozens of friends within minutes
Please add JKaercher to the list.

[Leon]

So how exactly does this work? Do I add everyone to my friends list and digg everything that shows up on friend's diggs? Or do these shout outs give me e-mails when I'm supposed to digg something.

ChrisP already covered this, but, yep, that's it. Then Digg whatever stories you find interesting.

I don't know what digg thinks about this kind of behaviour, but hey, they implemented a system for it, so they can't be totally against it. I guess it's possible that friends digging an article has less impact that strangers digging an article - I do know that number of diggs isn't the only factor in digg's algorithm, but I don't know anything about it apart from that.

Still, it has to be better to have a "digg from a friend" than no digg at all.

Yeah, they keep it a pretty tight secret(duh). All I can find is the following:

# How many Diggs or buries does it take to promote or remove stories?

The promotion and burying of stories is managed by an algorithm developed by Digg. There is no hard number of Diggs/buries to promote or remove a story. It's based on a sliding scale that takes several factors into consideration, such as number of Diggs, reports, time of day, topic submitted to, Digging/burying diversity, etc.

I think you're right though, a Digg is a Digg is a Digg. Now I just wish someone would have some indie news to Digg already! :P

[JoKa]

Now I just wish someone would have some indie news to Digg already! :P

Yesterday I added an article about my Feyruna screensaver, just look at the first entry in my favorites: JKaercher

Did you guys invite most of the Indiegamer diggers? I added all members as friends, but only a few did the same with my account, allowing me to shout news to them.

[Leon]

Yesterday I added an article about my Feyruna screensaver, just look at the first entry in my favorites: JKaercher

I dugg your screensaver, looked neat. Nice work.

Did you guys invite most of the Indiegamer diggers? I added all members as friends, but only a few did the same with my account, allowing me to shout news to them.

Yeah, I believe I have everyone listed as a 'friend' although I don't think a handful of them still check digg which is why I'm guessing they didn't add you as well.

I just sent out a shout about an indie article, don't forget to check it out and digg it. My first shout, awwwww. :P

[cliffski]

Anyone with a digg account feel free to support lil ol me:

article by moi:
http://www.bit-tech.net/columns/2008...rse_of_genre/1

diggs much appreciated:
http://digg.com/pc_games/The_Curse_of_Genres

[DanMarshall]

... and me!

How to Make Sure your Blog isn't Completely Rubbish

[MrPhil]

I'm good about digg indiedev things I find interesting but I need to know about them!

[cliffski]

another one
http://digg.com/pc_games/GamingShogu...is_of_Positech

[DanMarshall]

This is another one of mine, I'm afraid. It's called "How to Ruin Xbox Live for Everyone Else", and should strike a chord with many of you.

Any Diggs will be rewarded with... ah... well, nothing in all honesty. Except utter gratitude and the heart-warming sensation of a job oh-so thoroughly well done.

[cliffski]

another one from me:

http://digg.com/pc_games/GamingShogu...ws_Democracy_2

Thanks everyone

[DanMarshall]

How to Behave on an Internet Forum.

Important life rules, these.

[Coyote]

If you could be so kind: One is for Reddit, the other is for Digg. How the indie Computer RPG developers compete against the mainstream games:

http://reddit.com/info/699kl/comments/

http://digg.com/pc_games/Making_Grea...Gs_On_a_Budget

Thanks!

[Leon]

All links dugg. Some interesting articles too, keep 'em coming.

Don't forget to make sure you have everyone added and check out the Shout feature as well as posting links here. I've only used it twice, but both times most everyone on my list(Mostly people from here) have dugg within the first day of sending the Shout.

Well done guys.

[MrPhil]

Sorry I haven't figure out how to shout. I've submitted a story about Jake Birkett's (Grey Alien Games) Fairway Solitaire.

http://digg.com/pc_games/Fairway_Sol..._for_the_night

[Leon]

Sorry I haven't figure out how to shout. I've submitted a story about Jake Birkett's (Grey Alien Games) Fairway Solitaire.

http://digg.com/pc_games/Fairway_Sol..._for_the_night

See the "Share" just below the submitter? Click that and Shout away.

[MrPhil]

See the "Share" just below the submitter? Click that and Shout away.

Silly me... looking around in vain for "Shout."

Thanks for the tip!

[MrPhil]

http://digg.com/gaming_news/How_Pira...Brazilian_Case

gameproducer.net has an interesting post about the death spiral piracy caused of Brazli's US$ 1 billion game industry by Tiago Tex Pine. I think he's a member here, but I don't know his handle, sorry.

[cliffski]

another interview thingy:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=1273#more-1273

dugg:

http://digg.com/pc_games/Deserved_Ku...rris_Interview

Cheers

[cliffski]

and another column:

http://digg.com/pc_games/Make_It_Aga...t_hate_sequels

http://www.bit-tech.net/columns/2008...it_again_man/1

ta.