Digg Bot Man Arrested
On June 28, a man in Nagasaki was caught with a DIY Digg bot in his house. The robotic arm dugg more than 3,000 stories in 2 days through sophisticated story detection mechanisms. You can see it at work in this video. I don't know why the commentator talks like a robot, too. It's a little strange. Also a little strange that it's illegal to make Digg bots. People rig Digg manually all the time. Besides, why do Japanese police care if he's violating Digg's user policy? I don't understand, but maybe I'm missing something.
via Pink Tentacle
This story looks about as fake as it can get. You didn't understand it, because it is for "entertainment purposes only" and not real, as noted at the end of the video. The guy also just repeats himself in parts of the video as it progresses.
Posted by: vagrant | July 03, 2008 at 05:51 PM
on unrelated topic: Happy 4th of July!
Posted by: musashimaru | July 03, 2008 at 05:52 PM
Hilarious. That's how Kevin Rose buries articles critical of Riggednation.
Posted by: ricoricomouga | July 06, 2008 at 08:01 AM