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Re: Disney Signs Exclusive Deal With Electronic Arts For Future ‘Star Wars’ Video Games

SilentJay74 — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:31:52 -0000

I don't wanna live on this planet anymore.

Re: Dragon*Con 2012: Cosplay

SilentJay74 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:13:20 -0000

egg...egggs.....egggstirmiNATE!

Re: Dragon*Con 2012: Cosplay: V The Final Battle

SilentJay74 — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:12:30 -0000

I gotta say this V throwback is one of my faves.

Re: How will people learn to use Windows 8? This setup tutorial is a start

SilentJay74 — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:22:02 -0000

User, especially Enterprise, will not want to waste productivity time trying to re-learn an OS. Windows needs to keep it's basic UI plain and simple. Yes, some of the UI changed a little over the years. But let's quit calling this Windows 8 and call it what it really is; a new version of Windows Mobile. This UI will be good for smart phones and tablets. It will wreak havoc on Enterprise and users on a data production environment.

Re: Digg v1, Mark 2 is totally ‘meh’ | VentureBeat

SilentJay74 — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:39:50 -0000

I just emailed them and congratulated them on effectively killing a community and site. I compare the new owners to Vader and Moff Tarkin standing in the Death Star. "We'll kill Digg in one bold stroke!" Well they did. User since 2006 and now I will never look again. On the other hand, this might keep those pesky social voters from trying to get me to up vote their Digg links, so that's a plus...

Re: Microsoft’s Surface tablet will land the same day as Windows 8

SilentJay74 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:59:02 -0000

People need to realize one very important thing. Windows 8 was designed for MS Surface. I have played with W8, and I see no good of it when used with a desktop environment. This is MS doing it's best to try to get in on the mobile market. Please people, do not believe for a second that w8 is good for a desktop or laptop machine.

Re: 12 Killed In Shooting At ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Screening In Colorado [Updated]

SilentJay74 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:34:04 -0000

Looks like the numbers have changed. Officially now 10 dead on scene, 2 died at area hospitals.

Re: Dwayne Johnson Confirms He Could Play Lobo On Screen - CinemaBlend.com

SilentJay74 — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:53:29 -0000

No this is a terrible call. If anyone should be playing Lobo it should be Jason Mamoa. Mamoa was already Conan, he was also on Stargate, and we know he can play crazy as Khal Drogo. Plus Mamoa looks more like Lobo. Let's be honest who would go see a Lobo Movie? Geeks like me.. So why not use someone with geek cred like Mamoa? I like Dwayne Johnson but not as Lobo. LOBO HAS GOT TO BE SOMEONE WHO CAN PLAY CRAZY!

Re: RIP Digg: Enter the New Social Media Frontier

SilentJay74 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:56:27 -0000

Years ago a naive man took to his keyboard and found Digg.com. The young man started commenting and socializing. He started getting to know the top users and shakers. He formed good friendships with those users that still last to this day. Back when the Social World was young and looked to be the next BIG thing, the players he knew became the ones with the truest voice. They could spot trends and predict the rise and fall of viral campaigns. Then something happened.... Corporations took notice and flooded the community with their garbage ads.. The veteran users told them "Hey you guys are doing it wrong and screwing up the community in the process." Smaller companies heard this and began to listen. The veterans in the community became well known and respected. Small companies used the knowledge of the veterans to launch massively successful, viral, campaigns.
The the Dark Lord Digg did not like what he saw, and marched his dark army of bans toward the veterans. When this did not work Digg forged a new version.. version 4. One Version to DESTROY THEM ALL! It was at this time a smaller Army led by Huffman and Ohanian took up their users sword and defeated the Dark Lord Digg.
Memory became legend, legend became myth, until one day the Digg ensnared a new bearer who took it deep into the caverns of the internet...where it waits....

Re: Digg sells to Betaworks for the fire sale price of… $500K (analysis)

SilentJay74 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:13:38 -0000

Tom you know we called this a long time ago. I have been around for the rise and fall of Digg. Articles that both you and I have written over the past ring truer now than ever. Digg V4 was the proverbial "Nail in the coffin". They tried their best to stick it out, but still took a nose dive. Digg could have saved itself by reverting back to the older format and actually listening to it's power users. Many tech companies continue to follow this bad business model of not listening to the core user base. Let this be a lesson to them. Once Digg was the biggest player in the Social News game, now it's just a sad shell of what it once was, and reminds us of what not to do.

Re: Hulu or Netflix: In the game of streaming video, you win or you socialize | VentureBeat

SilentJay74 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:03:21 -0000

I always enjoyed Hulu's social feature. I have actually been introduced to new shows that way. Netflix though really needs to add this now that they have split their pricing and outraging their users.
Gone is the $9.99 a month dvd and unlimited streaming, now they are splitting the options apart. So if you like to use both it's an extra $6.
I feel if they are going to jack up the price to $15.98 for both services they should at least make new tools on their site, such as a social feature.
Hulu may have come late to the game but the social feature is really cool and I like it a lot. Now they just need a catalog as big as Netflix.

Re: Doom Deliveries: Scents & Scrolls Box From HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’

SilentJay74 — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:56:40 -0000

OK...wow..seriously jealous. That's really cool.

Re: ‘I Am Number Four’ Director D.J. Caruso To Finally Bring ‘Preacher’ To Life?

SilentJay74 — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:36:22 -0000

Not Caruso.. I am sorry but Preacher has to be dark and R-Rated. PG=13 Bullshit won't cut it.

Re: ‘The Guild’ Creator Felicia Day To Star In Live-Action ‘Dragon Age’ Web Series

SilentJay74 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:16:39 -0000

This is a must see. I love Felicia Day! I have also been waiting for a good live action series or movie from a good Bioware Title.

Re: It’s Not Free

SilentJay74 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:36:10 -0000

Erika, so a $5 Chai? Come on man, everyone who knows you knows you're worth WAY more! Lovin the post!

Re: It’s Not Free

SilentJay74 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:30:49 -0000

You're my hooker Greg! Now get out on the corner and make me some money!

Re: What Mixx.com’s Sale Can Teach Us About Community

SilentJay74 — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:32:40 -0000

Hello everyone,
First off, Jason, excellent post. You never cease to hit the nail on the head! Brian's insight here is, as always, spot on.
Second, for those curious as to launch date of the Social News platform on "The Bowl" as we call it, we're shooting for this weekend if all goes well. I hope to see you all come over and hang out with us. I am not promising the Mixxingbowl will be a huge traffic driver, again we are just doing this for the community. If things go well, who knows, we could end up being a player. But as this article points out we are not a start-up, just four guys kicking around an idea for the community. It's a side project of ours that we just want to have fun with.
I hope to see you guys there!
Jay (SilentJay74)

Re: Your News Mixx - Episode 40 - Zombies 101

SilentJay74 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:47:05 -0000

Good episode guys! I always enjoy these!

Re: Meet Digg’s New CEO

SilentJay74 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:52:08 -0000

Digg stock? Shit no, I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole. And yes Reddit is way up. Psycho, you clearly misunderstand my good man, I am in no way defending Digg. I was simply stating they screwed their users, and Matt has his work cut out for him. Yes, move to Reddit.

Re: Meet Digg’s New CEO

SilentJay74 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:38:47 -0000

Have you tried to unfollow a publisher? Tell me how that works out for ya.

Re: Meet Digg’s New CEO

SilentJay74 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:38:09 -0000

That doesn't bury it, just removes it from your view, and brings up the next publisher RSS.

Re: Meet Digg’s New CEO

SilentJay74 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:16:02 -0000

Oh I am not tripping out, but I was sorely let down by them. I guess the major issue I have is all the publisher BS on the FP. It really makes Digg look like they sold out. Plus we can't bury it.

Re: Meet Digg’s New CEO

SilentJay74 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:08:24 -0000

Look at FP Digg numbers vs v3 numbers. Dude seriously, publishers are bouncing in to try and get a piece of the action. True users are just hitting it to vote up reddit links in revolt. You honestly can't sit there and tell me quality content is on the Digg FP.
So many people are hitting Digg just to see what's up with the revolt. Digg is on life support if they don't fix the site.
It has pissed off way to many hardcore users.

Re: Meet Digg’s New CEO

SilentJay74 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:57:03 -0000

Alexa

Re: Meet Digg’s New CEO

SilentJay74 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:54:43 -0000

Dear Matt, run you're fucked. you are walking face first into the biggest mess Digg has ever seen called v4.
Users are pissed.
Site doesn't work worth a damn.
Traffic is taking a face plant due to redesign.
Dude, seriously run.