My general rule of thumb when it comes to the naysayers is to let them “naysay” and refrain from jumping in the mud. But I couldn’t resist when I saw Beth Blecherman’s post on SVMoms.com about a story that was seriously “dugg” back in 2007 on Digg.com. This post had 2,612 Diggs and 91 comments when I came across it the other day. Sadly, times have not changed. But how much evolution can one really expect in two years?
The post, “Funniest Sexest Washing Machine Tag Ever,” is brimming with Gen X 13-year-old boyish comments.
We recently launched a new feature on our site that was covered by the WSJ Digits blog. We made it onto Digg and, last time I checked, had 116 Diggs and 14 comments. The comments posted there were equally nasty, if not nastier (browsers beware).
Maybe the boys plaguing Digg’s comment threads should figure out who their mama really is. She’s pretty tech savvy, controls more than 80 percent of household spending and isn’t very likely to marry a boy that wants her to do all his bidding. And gasp, has more to say about life than “Come home dinner in 10 minutes.”
Kirtsy anyone? 
4 Responses to “Hey Digg Boys! Who’s Your Mama?”
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April 12th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Kirtsy does indeed feel a void doesn’t it? There are some men that visit it too.
@jmayes
April 13th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Well said! I kirsty’ed it for you:
http://www.kirtsy.com/story.php?title=hey-digg-boys-whorsquos-your-mama
The other site I use a lot for my blog and to share items of interest with others is StumbleUpon. Great way to keep track of excellent things like-minded people are reading and drive relevant traffic to your posts.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Thanks! You can also Digg it here: http://digg.com/tech_news/Hey_Digg_Boys_Who_s_Your_Mama
April 15th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I’m raising three boys. I warn my oldest weekly…
“Don’t put anything out on the web or in a text message that you wouldn’t want me or your grandmother to see. We’re both online you know, and once it’s out there ANYONE can see it.”
He rolls his eyes (it’s his job he’s a pre-teen), but I think I’m getting to him.