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Re: Why is Digg.com so Anal about Sex?

DWS Celebrity — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:06:46 -0000

It had NIPPLES, man!

If you haven't forgotten, America is half creationist, bible-thumping conservative. UK, ah...

Re: Why is Digg.com so Anal about Sex?

DateExperience — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:37:43 -0000

I know how you feel, we had 3 sex related items reach the front page and after the third on our site was banned. This one post was our biggest : Top 10 Orgasmic Positions for Women

Re: Why is Digg.com so Anal about Sex?

Louie Baur — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:02:24 -0000

Funny somebody just forwarded this to me. You dirty birdy you shouldnt be posting stuff like that. I am a virgin and i just saw a noodie pic for the first time... scary

Re: Why is Digg.com so Anal about Sex?

vemrion — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:56:30 -0000

Try Reddit instead! They've got a NSFW section and a better discussion system.

Re: Why is Digg.com so Anal about Sex?

40oz Phil — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:28:58 -0000

I feel ya man, bummer about that. Digg is an interesting beast. Are you sure the demographic isn't 15 year olds? I wonder sometimes...

Re: 2008 Olympics Mini-Highlights: Etcetera

nigelecccles — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:30:02 -0000

That is an interesting alternative way of viewing the data. The analogy we have used is stock prices which obviously aren't upward limited. Explaining the forecasts in a really simple way is a real challenge. One to think about.

Re: TechCrunch Guest Post - How to compete in the US without leaving blighty

warrickt — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:22:58 -0000

Good outreach Nigel!

Re: 2008 Olympics Mini-Highlights: Etcetera

Stuart Candy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:02:36 -0000

A cross-section of any of these graphs shows the % breakdown of all contenders for victory in the stated Olympic event, as estimated by the market. I'm assuming the probabilities of all listed contenders add up to 100% at any given moment: so, it seems to me that these graphs would be a lot easier to read if the vertical axis were split into coloured chunks (instead of lines) representing the teams, which would get thicker and thinner as their projected fortunes changed. My apologies if that's a viewing option you already have.

Re: 2008 Olympics Mini-Preview: Swimming

Aaron — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:55:29 -0000

Seems like pretty high odds for Torres to win 2 medals.

Re: 2008 Olympics Mini-Preview: Track and Field

Jenni — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:03:57 -0000

I hope so too, but historically its not looking good... As long as the stars (Lagat, Gay, Bolt, Powell, Warnier, etc) stay clean I think the fans will keep watching though.

Re: 2008 Olympics Mini-Preview: Track and Field

nigelecccles — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:57:29 -0000

Great post Jenni.

The 100m is going to be a amazing race this year. What I keep wondering is if track and field can manage to keep doping out of the headlines this year. I really hope so.

Re: Its 8 days until the Beijing Olympics! Are you ready?

Adam Johnson — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:02:08 -0000

Excellent recap of a myriad of issues surrounding the Olympics!

Re: Hubdub quoted on Al-Jazeera

Tom — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:18:30 -0000

Also thanks to all users who play Hubdub - it's only through you playing the site that we generate forecasts worth quoting!

Re: How do users find website changes?

nigelecccles — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:51:38 -0000

Thanks! Now fixed.

Re: How do users find website changes?

kida — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:58:39 -0000

You linked to propellor.com instead of propeller.com.

Re: How do users find website changes?

paul — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:54:36 -0000

great write up, very interesting post

Re: Hubdub - The Vision Thing

jedc_mercury — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:47:23 -0000

When they do that, they'll really be turning the web2.0 world upside down. I would love to be able to tie all of my comments across various blogs into a comprehensive "reputation". That would really help dig out knowledgable signal out of the typical blog noise.

Re: Hubdub - The Vision Thing

nigelecccles — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:55:41 -0000

Thanks Jed.

BTW Disqus is great. When they release their API we are keen to integrate them with our on-site comments as well.

Re: Hubdub - The Vision Thing

jedc_mercury — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:33:17 -0000

Great post, Nigel. I think you're really nailing one of the ideas (#3 New news) that Paul Graham talks about here:

http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html

I was quite skeptical about user-generated markets when you first started, but you and the team have really made them work. That's what makes the site a real community and Hubdub so exciting! Best of luck in making your vision happen.

(It's nice to see Disqus comments here, BTW.)

Re: Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend - Really (Really) Annoying (Annoying) Song to get Highest Hits on YouTube?

funny16 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:40:11 -0000

Look this video! There is Avril Lavigne!! I think she looks pretty!! http://memopal.clickmeter.com/007042.html

Re: Avril Lavigne’s Girlfriend - Really (Really) Annoying (Annoying) Song to get Highest Hits on YouTube?

funny16 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:39:51 -0000

Look this video! There is Avril Lavigne!! I think she looks pretty!! http://memopal.clickmeter.com/007042.html

Re: Today Is Firefox Download Day!

mel — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:39:55 -0000

Love it.

Re: How Obama finally broke free of Clinton and McCain

valornhonor — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:29:06 -0000

Ryan,
Thanks for your note, it sounds like we're of a similar opinion here, that the battle is only now ramping up and will become more vigorous, should be interesting.

Re: How Obama finally broke free of Clinton and McCain

RyanJ — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:52:17 -0000

I think the only way to get back to the blog is to go to blog.hubdub.com I don't think we have a link to the blog on the main page. My avatar is just really a joke, I love politics but sometimes it just gets on my nerves!

The sample on Hubdub is very small and is I'd imagine full of more lefties than righties. The internet always seems to attract more liberals than conservatives. For example you have sites like redstate and then you have the juggernaut Huffington Post.

The thing is that users on Hubdub whatever their biases are usually in it to win it. So if it looked likely that McCain was gonna get elected the market would shift his way. There is a incentive to bet correctly, H$ and right now it seems Obama has the advantage and the markets are showcasing it. When your're polled you don't have any real incentives to be right.

Regards,

Ryan
Hubdub Category Editor

Re: How Obama finally broke free of Clinton and McCain

RyanJ — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:40:57 -0000

Hi Adam,

The "merciless attack" I'm expecting to come won't be a direct salvo from McCain but from the 527's although McCain may not endorse their actions I believe that he will benefit from their actions. And as of yet I haven't really seen high intensity 527 attacks on Obama, or vice versa.

It will be harder for very negative campaigning to work this year. If you've watched Obama's speeches he always states how McCain is a "All American Hero," and when you watch McCain's speeches he gives Obama credit for being the first African American candidate. They can't attack each other really negatively because your going to have everyone taking everything out of context. So there will be a reliance on third party negative attacks that aren't officially attached to either campaigns.

Looking at the graph it still seems that McCain's price is slowly decreasing just not at a high rate. But, besides this Obama's now flattening out. From this I can possibly predict that McCain's slow downturn will level off as Obama's upturn levels off. The market won't really tighten but it may stay near the same levels.

I think the tightening of the market really depends on when McCain and Obama start getting gritty. It's not something I can give a description of, but I think we'll know it when we see it. Right now, although were in the general election it looks like both candidates aren't fighting each other a much as they are fighting for Clinton supporters. Once that's subsided I imagine the markets will tighten up.

Regards,

Ryan