Day 249: To Digg Or Not To Digg?

G'day,

This is the weirdest day of my life.

As you can see from the screen shot above my video (84 Days In 48 Seconds) was submitted to Digg.com yesterday. Digg is a social networking news site where users can vote on stories.

My video currently has 319 "diggs" which means that many users have voted in the affirmative. As a result, traffic to that YouTube video and also to this blog has exploded in the last 24 hours. The video got 10,000 views in the last 24 hours and my blog traffic is 4 times higher than usual.

So, this is a good thing right? Well, kind of.

Let me explain. That video was submitted to Digg without my knowledge. I deliberately avoided Digg because of what I have seen there. Digg is a great place to find cool stories and videos but personally I have better things to do with my time than to comment and vote on news stories.

Many of them (not all) completely miss the point of what the video is all about, which was meant to inspire people to do the same thing.

But, there seems to be a "silent majority" who like the video because it is still in the "Most Recently Popular" category 24 hours later due to all the "diggs" it has received. I am appreciative of the exposure but it is really bittersweet at the moment.

I guess the message here is to limit your exposure if you decide to make videos (and a blog) of your fat loss journey. You must try to avoid negativity especially in the early stages of a fat loss journey.

Anyway, I'm going to sign off now and get some sleep. I'm really looking forward to my upcoming holiday to Australia so I can chill out for a while!

Peace,
AJ

Eat Clean,
Shred Hard,
Think BIG!

*N.B. I edited this post today. Yesterday I was quite upset when I originally made this entry. Upon reflection, yesterday I acted on my initial emotion and I let that show. Sorry about that.

P.S. Here is the video that got Dugg.