What is Digg?339 Comments
- sockpuppets, on 10/31/2007, -12/+451Thoof- because every other gay internet name was already taken.™
- nooreazy, on 10/31/2007, -11/+430Least digg has friends.
- areohbe, on 10/10/2007, -7/+309WTF kind of name is Thoof?
- AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -8/+280Well, they got me to take a look at their website..
Which happens to be down at the moment...
Could digg of digg effected Thoof? - 309east, on 10/10/2007, -7/+209LOL - Thoof apparently can't handle the "Digg effect". The loading time is freaking insanely long.. Lame.
- OperationIvy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+199Why wouldn't you want to know about a xbox modified as a beer cooler.
- Lyndoman, on 10/10/2007, -10/+198I think it makes the diggers look cooler than they actually are. Wait, I'm a digger. Doh!
- GRat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+146I tried to go there as well. Successful marketing? Not when you can't handle the influx of connections.
I think "thoof" is the sound the server made when it got inundated with digg users. - FreakyD, on 10/24/2007, -13/+130Time to see what thoof is all about.....
- sonycam, on 10/10/2007, -6/+118I want to see an xbox modded into a beer cooler, not some technical specs of the xbox I can get anywhere on the internet.
- implied, on 10/10/2007, -3/+113They should have Digg saying things, and then Thoof says "..."
Get it? Because the webserver is down!
HAHAHA. *looks for Paris Hilton blogs.* - chris9902, on 10/10/2007, -4/+100503 error. Thoof got raped by digg.
- TheCount, on 10/10/2007, -2/+87I was going to bash the ad, then I realized the front page story right under this one was, "Hooker Mom Snorts Cocaine Off Baby’s Stomach While Breastfeeding", what can I say, we're idiots.
- sockpuppets, on 10/10/2007, -1/+84He's the thoof fairy.
- resplence, on 10/10/2007, -2/+78Yeah, apparently the digg effect killed Thooth. Revenge is best served cold.
- wild, on 10/10/2007, -9/+79So, let me get this straight. They're message is that they are better than Digg because its just a warehouse for pointless items like modifying one thing into something else, and full of videos and parody crap that has no substance. And in order to get this across, they modify successful commercials for another company in a useless parody to get to the top of Digg.
Wow. Thoof looks origina...um, refreshi...uh...hmm. Like a bunch of self righteous *****? - staffrocket, on 10/10/2007, -5/+63I hear that clownpenis.fart is still available though!
- garf12, on 10/18/2007, -1/+55Ha Yep it got Dugg
- Nerfdude, on 10/10/2007, -9/+61these videos do really point out a couple digg flaws, but it's not like these things couldn't be changed. thanks, thoof, for pointing out all your advantages, so that digg can have them in a couple months. appreciate it!
- koick, on 10/10/2007, -2/+54Can't acutally visit their site because they aren't prepared for masses, but Google's cache shows this as the first 3 articles:
"Dumb girl loses her underwear on street: Video"
"What's your girlfriend doing behind your back? (PIC)"
"Why Men Love Soccer: (PICS)"
Um, and how is *that* different and "more intelligent" than digg? - TotalHalibut, on 10/10/2007, -2/+49While funny, it would have been more accurate if you'd replaced Paris Hilton with 'Ron Paul's Iphone is made in Iran and runs Ubuntu!'
- mrblue182, on 10/10/2007, -2/+47does anyone here actually read digg for technical specs of different consoles? No? Oh well, at least you tried thoof.
- mojaam, on 10/10/2007, -3/+47I found the name Thoof funny, just say it thoof? But when I found out it's actually a site, I went and it's slow as hell. Even slower than a 600+ comment digg article that's why thoof is lonely for a reason. Haha Thoof, what a name.
- ArmyOfFun, on 10/10/2007, -2/+43It's thoofid as hell.
- Xeidan1727, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41When the hell did i miss the XBox modified as a beer cooler? Dude thats totally rad.
also i doubt the users at digg dont know the specs of our favorite consoles seeing as how EVERY HARDWARE UPDATE is announced on the front page at least six or seven times. - Otto, on 10/10/2007, -5/+42I wouldn't call them flaws. If I want to know something specific, I go to Google. If I want to know something interesting, I go to Digg.
Thoof says it's like digg, but personalized. What need does that fill? Answer: NONE. - lithos76, on 10/10/2007, -2/+37Do your homework Thoof. Everyone knows that the "Digg friends" computer should have had an apple on it.
- diggstown, on 10/10/2007, -2/+37Thoof just Dugg themselves down.
- killerofkiller, on 10/10/2007, -3/+38the thoof page has 3 stories about brittany spears and a bunch of random pics...
- MrCalifornia, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33yeah, but Digg does work, which is nice.
- allengeer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+32well at least Digg can handle a user base.
- vermin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+31I think the idea is that it automatically tailors the stream to what you like, based on your previous actions on the site. It's a good idea in theory. Apparently googlebot likes dumb *****.
- spod111, on 10/10/2007, -0/+30I got through and first two articles: "What's your girlfriend doing behind your back" and "The world's most flexible woman". Yep it's way more cerebral than Digg. And the personalization is amazing, first time I ever went there and it knew exactly what I wanted to look at!
- RedS0x, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30I can't, maybe it's down?
- ekboost, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29So I go to the homepage and guess what. The stories displayed are even worse than Digg. So what was the point?
- arjung, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27not anymore!
- san1ty, on 10/10/2007, -10/+35There are two other videos that are equally funny, see all three here : http://one.revver.com/collections/show/267209
- BARCHER, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23"Lame.com" was already taken.
- haiduz, on 10/10/2007, -18/+41The "stereotypical diggers" in the video are what I imagine all the Ron Raul spammers act ike :)
- pastaq, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25Soooo... equally funny then?
- pretendex, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22But wait...how's xbox tech specs news?! If I wanted stale information, I'd use a search engine!
- Shiner6, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22I agree.
I also noticed once the site loaded their front page was filled with stories about Brittany Spears and Tom Cruise - now correct me if I'm wrong, but they're right up there (or down there) with Paris Hilton. Now upon scanning the Digg front page, I notice an absence of celebrity gossip stories. - snarkleclackers, on 10/10/2007, -6/+26All three of these videos are pretty terrible. Not to say that they didn't have potential as an idea, but being a filmmaker, I can easily say that they weren't executed very well...
- NewPunk, on 10/10/2007, -3/+23At least the Digg servers can handle a ***** load more users at a time... (Thoof is down at the moment... due to Digg? Probably)
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21Digg is probably one of the best names on the internet and definitely a large component of its success.
- madeingermany, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20based on the video, I really had high hopes for thoof (despite the stupid name), but there wasn't a single story I wanted to digg... er thoof? on the front page.
- resplence, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22"thanks, thoof, for pointing out all your advantages, so that digg can have them in a couple months."
Yeah, like the couple months it took them to come up with the new comment system, or the couple months it's taking them to roll out the pictures section.
Just wait and see. - AZTriGuy, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21Inaccurate. The guys using digg should have been using a Macbook . . .
- moojj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Wait what?! He was able to find something in Digg's search? Wow...
-
Show 51 - 100 of 336 discussions
Digg is coming to a city (and computer) near you! Check out all the details on our 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is