MikeFarr_annotated+bibliography

Mike Farr's Annotated Bibliography Page

Arrignton, Michael. “The Power of Digg.” //Tech Crunch// 18 Mar 2006. 11 Nov 2008 . Tech Crunch is a website that discusses various technology and trends. This source discusses how large digg has become and gives a slight overview of the site. I will use this throughout the paper as it gives a nice overview.

“Deep Jive Interests » ZDNet Not Immune To The “Bury Brigade”.” //Deep Jive Interests// 9 Dec 2006. 11 Nov 2008 . This is a website that discusses various social media, and the article discusses the bury brigade which is a problem that I will talk about.

“DiggProof your Wordpress — Circle Six Blog.” //Circle Six Design//. 11 Nov 2008 . This website discusses wordpress and various problems surrounding it, and the article talks about how digg can cause websites to crash and how to prevent it. I will use this to prove the “digg effect”.

MacManus, Richard. “Interview with Digg founder Kevin Rose, Part 1 | Web 2.0 Explorer | ZDNet.com.” //ZDNet// 1 Feb 2006. 11 Nov 2008 . This website contains all sort of information from blogs to videos to product reviews. This article consists of an interview with the creator of digg and will be used throughout the paper for information regarding how the website works.

“Revisiting Top 10 Web Predictions of 2006 » Conversion Rater.” //Conversion Rater//. 11 Nov 2008 . This is a blog discussing aspects of the web. The article talks about the prediction of digg expanding into more content(at the time), and I will use this to show that the website has indeed expanded into several categories of information.

Sandoval, Greg. “Digg continues to battle phony stories - CNET News.” 18 Dec 2006. 11 Nov 2008 . Cnet news is a portion of cnet.com, and the article discusses how companies are paying for phony stories to be posted, which I will use to support the section of problems in my paper.

“Silverorange | Digg.” 11 Nov 2008 . This is the site of the web developers that initially created the website, and it talks about what they did to create and put together digg. I will use this toward the beginning of the paper to discuss the origin of the site.

Torkington, Nat. “Digging The Madness of Crowds - O'Reilly Radar.” 9 Jan 2006. 11 Nov 2008 . This is a site that spreads information regarding the web and innovation. The article discusses the issue of giving the masses power such as digg does, and will be used to show how this power can cause problems.