I had some questions/comments earlier on the Digg button that appears after each post and thought I’d explain it a little better than I did before. The Digg button submits the post/article to Digg.com, which is sort of a storehouse of interesting articles sorted by various topics. Before the button has been clicked by anyone, the words submit to appear on the button, meaning it has not been submitted and you have the option to submit it, if you “digg it” enough. If you are the submitter, you will be sent to the Digg site after clicking and be required to fill out a (very short) form, so that Digg can verify you’re human (and not a bot) and categorize it correctly. After this is done only once for that post, every subsequent hit of the Digg button just gives it a higher score on the Digg site, making more Digg readers apt to want to read it. After it’s submitted the submit to words on the button change to the number of times it has been clicked (ie “dugg”) so you will know if you’d have to fill out the form or not just by looking at the button. If it has a number on it, it has already been submitted, or if not you have the option to do it yourself. You will not be sent to the Digg site after clicking the button unless you are the submitter. I think a lot of people were avoiding the button because they thought they had to fill out a form every time they clicked it, but that is not the case. If I feel a certain post is special enough, I will usually hit the Digg button the first time myself and therefore be the one that fills out the form.

Digg.com is actually pretty cool and definitely a good way to get the word out to a lot of people about articles you think are good and also a good place to find other interesting articles, scored by how well they are liked. So, if you dig a post, hit the dig button! Note: it only allows one hit per post per person (i.e. i.p. address). Thanks for reading!

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