And then I realized that Digg is like that popular guy in High School and I am like the geeky girl that has a crush on him and does his homework and helps him study for tests just so he might acknowledge my existence. (Please feel free to alter genders if you males out there also feel like this applies to you too.)
Digg uses me to help retain popularity but doesn’t really care about me.
Let’s look at the parallels for a minute:
| Popular Guy from High School | Digg | |
| ME | Listens to all of his stupid stories | Spends lots of time in the Upcoming section wading through stupid stories |
| ME | Hangs on his every word | Votes for lots of submissions to help move them onto the front page |
| ME | Spends countless hours doing his homework | Spends countless hours looking for great submissions |
| ME | Helps his friends when they need it | Help my Digg friends so one day I might be able to make a story popular |
And just when I am fed up and ready to stop chasing that elusive front page I finally get a story popular. The popular guy finally smiles to me in the hallway or even waves to me in front of other people. That one nugget of recognition and validation I so desire is given to me for a fleeting moment so that I am drawn back into the vortex that consumes my day.
Digg doesn’t care if I work hard to find new and interesting content to submit before someone else does. Digg doesn’t care if my submissions get to the front page. Because Digg knows that some other geeky girl or guy will be along soon to take my place if I ever decide to fawn over someone else.
But just in case Digg does need me a little bit, Digg gives me that smile or wave in the hallway that keeps me working hard and makes me feel special amongst the thousands of other minions out there all looking for the same attention.
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This is interesting, but I think you may be a little too Digg obsessed! Haha.
There, there friend...I have that same crush and feel your pain...*hands over some Ben & Jerry's and a spoon* someday, he'll notice...and then, it'll be too late...I totally get what you are saying here!
Thanks for the ice cream, it's just what I needed.
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This is a great example. I always figured high school was just a micro example of our life's challenges and in the end none of it really matter as much as we though it did!
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