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When a week ago I complained about Netscape.com not working out for me in any way almost everybody ignored me. Those that didn’t assumed that I just failed in complying with Netcsape’s unwritten rules of social media. As a social news power user I told myself “you just have to stick to Netscape and try harder”.
So I did, to no avail until now, my stories still get 0 votes besides my own 1. Nonetheless that’s not really what bothers me anymore, I can not fail even more there. What strikes me now is that something strange is going on at Netscape.com: Numerous submissions just disappear, even after receiving dozens of votes.
I get frequently the
“This story has been removed from the system.”
disclaimer while using Netscape.com
For instance here or here. Sometimes the story disappears altogether like this one.
How do I know? After using Netscape for a while I gained three friends. Those friends send me their stories as recommendations. Unfortunately many of the stories have already vanished when I click on the links.
Maybe I am too stupid once again to use Netscape properly. Can anybody explain it to me? Does the editorial staff routinely “remove” stories “from the system”?
What kind of system is this anyways? Democracy? I did not want to remove my Netscape bookmarklet after failing at Netscape.com but now I have to reconsider this.
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The staff at Netscape only removes stories that have been identified as spam or duplicates of other stories.
How do I know where the original story is if the duplicate was removed? Why is there no remark if a particular story was considered spam? Why would 30, 40 people vote for a spam entry?
This explanation is not really sufficient.
When a duplicate is closed, a note is added to it that links to the original. Here’s an example:
http://politics.netscape.com/story/2007/08/02/sean-penn-american-idiotplayes-right-into-hugos-hands
Spam does not get a similar note added to it because it does not belong in the system in the first place (it violates the terms of use). It is therefore removed without leaving a trace.
As for why 30-40 people would vote for a spam entry, your guess is as good as mine.
No, this example is completely different. Did you view my three examples? The story is still there and readable. Those I refer to have been removed with or without a disclaimer.
As I said, spam does not get a disclaimer added to it. It gets removed completely.
Those 3 examples must have been identified as spam.
I should add that according to this comment by Kevin Rose, Digg also has a team of moderators that clears spam and illegal content:
http://digg.com/tech_news/Kevin_Rose_Admitting_Digg_Has_Moderators?t=3958578#c3958794